uchtach

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish uchtach (“breast-plate, stomacher, poitrel or breast ornament for horses”), from ucht (“breast, bosom; lap; the breast of an animal”).

Noun

uchtach m (genitive singular uchtaigh, nominative plural uchtaigh)

  1. breastplate; (ecclesiastical, pharmacy, armour) pectoral; chest-protector, plastron
Declension
Declension of uchtach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative uchtach uchtaigh
vocative a uchtaigh a uchtacha
genitive uchtaigh uchtach
dative uchtach uchtaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-uchtach na huchtaigh
genitive an uchtaigh na n-uchtach
dative leis an uchtach
don uchtach 		leis na huchtaigh

Etymology 2

From Old Irish uchtach (“elevation, hillock; a hill, height or steep, the front of a hill; the breast of a mountain, an acclivity”), from ucht (“breast, bosom; lap”).

Noun

uchtach m (genitive singular uchtaigh, nominative plural uchtaigh)

  1. breast of hill, upward slope, rise
Declension
Declension of uchtach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative uchtach uchtaigh
vocative a uchtaigh a uchtacha
genitive uchtaigh uchtach
dative uchtach uchtaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-uchtach na huchtaigh
genitive an uchtaigh na n-uchtach
dative leis an uchtach
don uchtach 		leis na huchtaigh

Etymology 3

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Noun

uchtach m (genitive singular uchtaigh)

  1. courage, encouragement, hope, spirit
  2. strength of voice, vigor of speech
Declension
Declension of uchtach (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative uchtach
vocative a uchtaigh
genitive uchtaigh
dative uchtach
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-uchtach
genitive an uchtaigh
dative leis an uchtach
don uchtach
Derived terms
  • splanc uchtaigh f (“spark of courage”)

Etymology 4

From ucht (“chest; breast, bosom”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

uchtach (genitive singular masculine uchtaigh, genitive singular feminine uchtaí, plural uchtacha)

  1. pectoral
Declension
Declension of uchtach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative uchtach uchtach uchtacha
vocative uchtaigh uchtacha
genitive uchtaí uchtacha uchtach
dative uchtach uchtach;
uchtaigh (archaic) 		uchtacha
Comparative níos uchtaí
Superlative is uchtaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of uchtach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uchtach n-uchtach huchtach t-uchtach

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

References

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