ultach

See also: Ultach

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈʊl̪ˠt̪ˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʊl̪ˠt̪ˠa(x)/

Noun

ultach m (genitive singular ultaigh, nominative plural ultaigh)

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

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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.

Further reading

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

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ultachn-ultachh-ultacht-ultach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ultach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “utlach, ultach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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