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uncail

uncail

Irish

Noun

uncail m (genitive singular uncail, nominative plural uncailí)

  1. uncle

Declension

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Mutation

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

References


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowing from English uncle, from Anglo-Norman uncle, from Old French oncle, from Latin avunculus (mother's brother, literally little grandfather), diminutive of avus (grandfather), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father).

Noun

uncail m (genitive singular uncail, plural uncailean)

  1. uncle

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