ucht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ucht (“breast”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *ɸextus,[2] from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”) (compare Latin pectus).

Pronunciation

Noun

ucht m (genitive singular uchta, nominative plural uchtanna)

  1. chest
  2. breast, bosom
  3. lap

Declension

Declension of ucht (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ucht uchtanna
vocative a ucht a uchtanna
genitive uchta uchtanna
dative ucht uchtanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-ucht na huchtanna
genitive an uchta na n-uchtanna
dative leis an ucht
don ucht 		leis na huchtanna

Derived terms

  • as ucht (“for the sake of, on account of, on behalf of”)
  • in ucht (“facing, in face of”)
  • le hucht (“in front of, before, in anticipation of”)
  • móruchtúil (“stout-hearted, courageous”)
  • uchtach (“breastplate; pectoral; chest-protector, plastron”)
  • uchtach (“pectoral”)
  • uchtaigh (“adopt”, verb)
  • uchtán (“load carried between arms and chest, armful; lapful”)
  • uchtbhalla (“parapet”)
  • uchtbharr (“parapet”)
  • uchtbhorrthóir (“chest-expander”)
  • uchtdruilire (“breast-drill”)
  • uchtleanbh (“adopted child”)
  • uchtmhac (“adopted son”)
  • uchtóg (“armful; small heap; rise (in ground); bump (in road)”)
  • uchtphláta (“breastplate”)
  • uchtráille (“breastwork”)
  • uchtúil (“full-chested; courageous”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ucht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ucht n-ucht hucht t-ucht

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ucht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fextu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 130
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 110, page 59
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 206
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 380, page 128

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “uċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1288; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ucht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸuxtu, of uncertain further etymology. It can be related to Latin pectus (“breast”), but it requires that the Celtic form contain an irregular assimilation of the first vowel from *e to *u. Alternatively, it can be connected to Latvian pups (“teat, nipple”), but Matasović declares this less probable.[1]

Noun

ucht n or m

  1. breast, bosom

Declension

Neuter u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative uchtN uchtL ochtL, ochta
vocative uchtN uchtL ucht
accusative uchtN uchtL ucht
genitive ochtoH, ochtaH ochtoN, ochtaN ochtN
dative uchtL ochtaib ochtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Masculine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative ucht uchtL ochtae
vocative ucht uchtL uchtu
accusative uchtN uchtL uchtu
genitive ochtoH, ochtaH ochto, ochta ochtaeN
dative uchtL ochtaib ochtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: ucht
    • Irish: ucht
    • Manx: ught
    • Scottish Gaelic: uchd

Mutation

Mutation of ucht
radical lenition nasalization
ucht
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 ucht n-ucht

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fextu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 130

Further reading

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