uinge

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ungae (“ounce”), from Latin uncia. Doublet of unsa.

Pronunciation

Noun

uinge f (genitive singular uinge, nominative plural uingí)

  1. (literary) ounce
  2. ingot

Declension

Declension of uinge (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative uinge uingí
vocative a uinge a uingí
genitive uinge uingí
dative uinge uingí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an uinge na huingí
genitive na huinge na n-uingí
dative leis an uinge
don uinge 		leis na huingí

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of uinge
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uinge n-uinge huinge not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ungae, uinge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Old Irish

Noun

uinge f

  1. alternative form of ungae

Mutation

Mutation of uinge
radical lenition nasalization
uinge
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-uinge

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

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