Uigingeach

See also: uigingeach

Irish

Alternative forms

• uigingeach

Etymology

From uiging (“Viking, sea-rover, pirate; pirate fleet”) +‎ -ach. Compare Manx Wiggynnagh and Scottish Gaelic Uiginneach.

Adjective

Uigingeach (genitive singular masculine Uigingigh, genitive singular feminine Uigingí, plural Uigingeacha, not comparable)

1. Viking

   Synonym: Lochlannach

Declension

Declension of Uigingeach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Uigingeach	Uigingeach	Uigingeacha
vocative	Uigingigh		Uigingeacha
genitive		Uigingí	Uigingeacha	Uigingeach
dative	Uigingeach	Uigingeach; Uigingigh (archaic)	Uigingeacha
Comparative	níos Uigingí
Superlative	is Uigingí

Noun

Uigingeach m (genitive singular Uigingigh, nominative plural Uigingigh)

1. Viking

   Synonym: Lochlannach

Declension

Declension of Uigingeach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Uigingeach Uigingigh vocative a Uigingigh a Uigingeacha genitive Uigingigh Uigingeach dative Uigingeach Uigingigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tUigingeach na hUigingigh genitive an Uigingigh na nUigingeach dative leis an Uigingeach don Uigingeach leis na hUigingigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Uigingeach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Uigingeach	nUigingeach	hUigingeach	tUigingeach

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) “uigingeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Viking”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Uigingeach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm