ultach

See also: Ultach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ultach, from Old Irish utlach m (“lapful”), from uth + -lach.

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈul̪ˠt̪ˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʌl̪ˠt̪ˠa(x)/

Noun

ultach m (genitive singular ultaigh, nominative plural ultaigh)

  1. armful, (breast-)load
  2. load, burden

Declension

Declension of ultach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ultach ultaigh
vocative a ultaigh a ultacha
genitive ultaigh ultach
dative ultach ultaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-ultach na hultaigh
genitive an ultaigh na n-ultach
dative leis an ultach
don ultach 		leis na hultaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of ultach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ultach n-ultach hultach t-ultach

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • ulathach, ulldach

Etymology

From Middle Irish ultach, from Old Irish utlach m (“lapful”), from uth + -lach.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈul̪ˠt̪əx/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): [ˈʊl̪ˠt̪əx][2]

Noun

ultach m (genitive singular ultaich, plural ultaichean)

  1. armful (burden carried within the fold or grasp of the arms)
  2. lapful
  3. load
  4. (Arran) burden on the back
  5. bosom
  6. lap
  7. (Perthshire) bundle, faggot, or truss, fit to be carried on the back

Mutation

Mutation of ultach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ultach n-ultach h-ultach t-ultach

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “utlach, ultach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ultach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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