umhlú

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish umlugud, verbal noun of umligid.

Pronunciation

Noun

umhlú m (genitive singular umhlaithe)

  1. verbal noun of umhlaigh
  2. genuflection, curtsey, obeisance
  3. submission

Declension

Declension of umhlú (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative umhlú
vocative a umhlú
genitive umhlaithe
dative umhlú
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an t-umhlú
genitive an umhlaithe
dative leis an umhlú
don umhlú

Mutation

Mutated forms of umhlú
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
umhlú n-umhlú humhlú t-umhlú

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 23

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