umhla

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Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

umhla f (genitive singular umhla)

  1. Synonym of umhlaíocht (humility; submission, obedience; dutifulness, respect)
Declension
Declension of umhla (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative umhla
vocative a umhla
genitive umhla
dative umhla
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an umhla
genitive na humhla
dative leis an umhla
don umhla

Etymology 2

Adjective

umhla pl

  1. inflection of umhal (humble, submissive; dutiful, obedient; ready, willing; lithe, supple, pliant):
    1. nominative plural
    2. strong genitive plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of umhla
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
umhla n-umhla humhla 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

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jícá, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jícɪ́.

Pronunciation

Noun

úm̂hla class 3 (plural ímîhla class 4)

  1. day
  2. date

Inflection

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