uatha

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish úathad, óthad, úaithed (“a small number, a few; the singular number”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewtos.

Adjective

uatha (invariable)

  1. (grammar) singular
Coordinate terms

Noun

uatha m (genitive singular uatha, nominative plural uathaí)

  1. (grammar) singular
Declension
Declension of uatha

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative uatha uathaí
Vocative a uatha a uathaí
Genitive uatha uathaí
Dative uatha uathaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-uatha na huathaí
Genitive an uatha na n-uathaí
Dative leis an uatha

don uatha

leis na huathaí
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

uatha m

  1. inflection of uath:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Pronoun

uatha (emphatic uathasan)

  1. Superseded spelling of uathu (“from them”).

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uatha n-uatha huatha not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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