Ultach

See also: ultach

Irish

Etymology

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

Adjective

Ultach (genitive singular masculine Ultaigh, genitive singular feminine Ultaí, plural Ultacha, not comparable)

1. of or from Ulster, Ultonian

Declension

Declension of Ultach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Ultach	Ultach	Ultacha
vocative	Ultaigh		Ultacha
genitive		Ultaí	Ultacha	Ultach
dative	Ultach	Ultach; Ultaigh (archaic)	Ultacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Derived terms

• Albanach Ultach m (“Ulster Scot”)
• bean Ultach f
• cailleach Ultach f (“witch”)

Noun

Ultach m (genitive singular Ultaigh, nominative plural Ultaigh)

1. native of Ulster, Ultonian, Ulsterman, Ulsterwoman

Declension

Declension of Ultach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Ultach Ultaigh vocative a Ultaigh a Ultacha genitive Ultaigh Ultach dative Ultach Ultaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tUltach na hUltaigh genitive an Ultaigh na nUltach dative leis an Ultach don Ultach leis na hUltaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Ultach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Ultach	nUltach	hUltach	tUltach

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) “Ultach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ul(l)tach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Ultach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Ultach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Adjective

Ultach

1. related to Ulster

Related terms

• Ulaidh m pl (“Ulster”)

Noun

Ultach m (genitive singular Ultaich, plural Ultaich)

1. native of Ulster, Ulsterman

Mutation

Mutation of Ultach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Ultach	n-Ultach	h-Ultach	t-Ultach

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ul(l)tach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language