umhlacht

Irish

Etymology

From umhal (“humble, submissive; dutiful, obedient; ready, willing; lithe, supple, pliant”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

umhlacht f (genitive singular umhlachta)

  1. synonym of umhlaíocht (“humility; submission, obedience; dutifulness, respect”)

Declension

Declension of umhlacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative umhlacht
vocative a umhlacht
genitive umhlachta
dative umhlacht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an umhlacht
genitive na humhlachta
dative leis an umhlacht
don umhlacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of umhlacht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
umhlacht n-umhlacht humhlacht not applicable

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

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