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Ultach

Ultach

See also: ultach

Irish

Noun

Ultach m (genitive singular Ultaigh, nominative plural Ultaigh)

  1. native of Ulster

Declension

Adjective

Ultach (genitive singular masculine Ultaigh, genitive singular feminine Ultaí, plural Ultacha)

  1. Ulster

Declension

Derived terms

  • bean Ultach f, cailleach Ultach f (witch)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Ultach nUltach hUltach tUltach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "Ultach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • ul(l)tach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ultach, ulltach (belonging to the Ulaid; one of the Ulaid; a Ulidian, an Ultonian).

Noun

Ultach m (genitive singular Ultaich, plural Ultaich)

  1. Ulsterman

Adjective

Ultach

  1. Related to Ulster.

Related terms

  • Ulaidh m pl (Ulster)

References

  • ul(l)tach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

ultach

ultach

See also: Ultach

Irish

Noun

ultach m (genitive singular ultaigh, nominative plural ultaigh)

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

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ultach n-ultach hultach t-ultach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • ulathach
  • ulldach

Etymology

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

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

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • utlach, ultach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.