Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish úasalathair. By surface analysis, uasal (“noble”) + athair (“father”).
Noun
uasalathair m (genitive singular uasalathar, nominative plural uasalaithreacha)
- patriarch
Declension
Declension of uasalathair (fifth declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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uasalathair
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uasalaithreacha
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| vocative
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a uasalathair
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a uasalaithreacha
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| genitive
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uasalathar
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uasalaithreacha
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| dative
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uasalathair
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uasalaithreacha
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an t-uasalathair
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na huasalaithreacha
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| genitive
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an uasalathar
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na n-uasalaithreacha
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| dative
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leis an uasalathair don uasalathair
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leis na huasalaithreacha
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Synonyms
Mutation
Mutated forms of uasalathair
| radical |
eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| uasalathair
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n-uasalathair
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huasalathair
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t-uasalathair
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úasal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “uasal-”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1287; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uasalathair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN