uaigh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úag (“grave”).

Pronunciation

• (Cork) IPA^(key): /uəɟ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /uə/

Noun

uaigh f (genitive singular uaighe, nominative plural uaigheanna)

1. grave (excavation for burial)

Declension

Declension of uaigh (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative uaigh uaigheanna vocative a uaigh a uaigheanna genitive uaighe uaigheanna dative uaigh uaigheanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an uaigh na huaigheanna genitive na huaighe na n-uaigheanna dative leis an uaigh don uaigh leis na huaigheanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of uaigh

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uaigh	n-uaigh	huaigh	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 úag, úaig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish úag (“grave”).

Noun

uaigh f (genitive singular uaighe or uaghach, plural uaighean)

1. grave, tomb, sepulchre

Mutation

Mutation of uaigh

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

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 úag, úaig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language