útamáil

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

útamáil f (genitive singular útamála)

1. (act of) fumbling, groping, bungling; (act of) pottering

Declension

Declension of útamáil (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative útamáil vocative a útamáil genitive útamála dative útamáil forms with the definite article case singular nominative an útamáil genitive na hútamála dative leis an útamáil don útamáil

Derived terms

• útamáilte (“fumbled, bungled; bedraggled; disturbed, choppy”, adjective)
• útamálach (“fumbling, bungling”, adjective)
• útamálaí m (“fumbler, bungler; potterer”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of útamáil

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
útamáil	n-útamáil	hútamáil	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “útamáil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “útamáil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “útamáil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm