uchtán

Irish

Etymology

From ucht +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

Noun

uchtán m (genitive singular uchtáin, nominative plural uchtáin)

  1. armful
  2. lapful

Declension

Declension of uchtán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative uchtán uchtáin
vocative a uchtáin a uchtána
genitive uchtáin uchtán
dative uchtán uchtáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-uchtán na huchtáin
genitive an uchtáin na n-uchtán
dative leis an uchtán
don uchtán 		leis na huchtáin

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of uchtán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uchtán n-uchtán huchtán t-uchtán

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

References

  1. ^ Stockman, Gerard (1974) The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 2), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 385
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 438, page 141

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