ultach

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish utlach, ultach m (“lapful”), from uth + -lach.

Pronunciation

Noun

ultach m (genitive singular ultaigh, nominative plural ultaigh)

  1. armful, (breast-)load
  2. load, burden

Declension

Declension of ultach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ultach ultaigh
Vocative a ultaigh a ultacha
Genitive ultaigh ultach
Dative ultach ultaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-ultach na hultaigh
Genitive an ultaigh na n-ultach
Dative leis an ultach

don ultach

leis na hultaigh

Mutation

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish utlach, ultach m (“lapful”), from uth + -lach.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ultach m (genitive singular ultaich, plural ultaichean)

  1. armful (burden carried within the fold or grasp of the arms)
  2. lapful
  3. load
  4. (Arran) burden on the back
  5. bosom
  6. lap
  7. (Perthshire) bundle, faggot, or truss, fit to be carried on the back

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ultach n-ultach h-ultach t-ultach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “utlach, ultach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ultach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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