uallach
Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From uall (“wail; howl, yell”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]uallach (genitive singular masculine uallaigh, genitive singular feminine uallaí, plural uallacha, comparative uallaí)
Derived terms
[edit]- moncaí uallach (“howler monkey”)
Etymology 2
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Adjective
[edit]uallach (genitive singular masculine uallaigh, genitive singular feminine uallaí, plural uallacha, comparative uallaí)
Derived terms
[edit]- arduallach (“haughty; vain, flighty”, adjective)
- uallachas m (“giddiness, light-headedness; skittishness, excitement; vanity, vainglory, pride”)
Related terms
[edit]- uaill (“light-headed, scatter-brained, person; vain person”)
- uallacht f, uallaíocht f
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | uallach | uallach | uallacha | |
| vocative | uallaigh | uallacha | ||
| genitive | uallaí | uallacha | uallach | |
| dative | uallach | uallach; uallaigh (archaic) |
uallacha | |
| Comparative | níos uallaí | |||
| Superlative | is uallaí | |||
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| uallach | n-uallach | huallach | 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uallach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uallach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “uallach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024