uncail

Irish

Borrowed from English uncle, from Anglo-Norman uncle, from Old French oncle, from Latin avunculus (“mother's brother”, literally “little grandfather”), diminutive of avus (“grandfather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father”).

uncail m (genitive singular uncail, nominative plural uncailí or uncaileacha)

uncle
Coordinate terms: (gender) aint, (gender) aintín, (generation) neacht, (gender, generation) nia
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 197:
  Chuaidh sí go dtí uncail di a bhí i n‑a shagart san bhaile mhór agus fuair sí uaidh sórt éide agus giúrléidí beaga éigin eile.
  She went to an uncle of hers who was a priest in the city and from him she got a variety of vestments and some other small accessories.

Declension of uncail

Bare forms

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

Borrowed from English uncle, from Anglo-Norman uncle, from Old French oncle, from Latin avunculus (“mother's brother”, literally “little grandfather”), diminutive of avus (“grandfather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father”).

uncail m (genitive singular uncail, plural uncailean)

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