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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish og,[1] from Proto-Celtic *āuyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.
Pronunciation
Noun
ubh f (genitive singular uibhe, nominative plural uibheacha) or
ubh m (genitive singular uibh, nominative plural uibhe)
- (biology, zoology) egg
Usage notes
This word is normally feminine and follows the second declension, as shown in the first table below. The archaic masculine declension shown in the second table below is used especially in place names (e.g., Gort na nUbh (Gortnanuv), Co. Limerick, Munster).
Declension
- Archaic masculine declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
|
| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
|
| ubh
|
n-ubh
|
hubh
|
t-ubh
|
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
|
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 og”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 180, page 91
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 207
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 98, page 39
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ubh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ubh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ubh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
ubh m (genitive singular uibhe, plural uibhean)
- Alternative spelling of ugh
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
|
| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
|
| ubh |
n-ubh |
h-ubh |
t-ubh
|
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
|
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly, The Illustrated Gaelic Dictionary, 1902, p. 989.