uchtóg

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ucht +‎ -óg.

Noun

uchtóg f (genitive singular uchtóige, nominative plural uchtóga)

  1. armful; small heap
  2. rise (in ground); bump (in road)

Declension

Declension of uchtóg (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative uchtóg uchtóga
vocative a uchtóg a uchtóga
genitive uchtóige uchtóg
dative uchtóg uchtóga
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an uchtóg na huchtóga
genitive na huchtóige na n-uchtóg
dative leis an uchtóg
don uchtóg
leis na huchtóga

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of uchtóg
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uchtóg n-uchtóg huchtóg not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uchtóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • bump”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • hump”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025