uige

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

uige f (genitive singular uige, nominative plural uigí)

  1. woven fabric, web
    Proverb: Gach uige mar a hábhar. ― Like father like son.
  2. thin, transparent, fabric; tissue, gauze
  3. (technical) web
  4. (literary) composition, poem

Declension

Declension of uige (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative uige uigí
vocative a uige a uigí
genitive uige uigí
dative uige uigí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an uige na huigí
genitive na huige na n-uigí
dative leis an uige
don uige 		leis na huigí

Synonyms

  • (web): uige cheangail

Derived terms

  • uige chadáis f (“cotton tissue”)
  • uige mhiotail f (“metal gauze”)
  • uigeach (“web-like, textured; gauzy”, adjective)
  • uigeacht ithreach f (“soil texture”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of uige
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uige n-uige huige not applicable

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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