uathlathach

Irish

Etymology

From uath- +‎ -lathach.

Adjective

uathlathach (genitive singular masculine uathlathaigh, genitive singular feminine uathlathaí, plural uathlathacha, comparative uathlathaí)

1. autocratic

   Synonym: féinlathach

Declension

Declension of uathlathach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	uathlathach	uathlathach	uathlathacha
vocative	uathlathaigh		uathlathacha
genitive		uathlathaí	uathlathacha	uathlathach
dative	uathlathach	uathlathach; uathlathaigh (archaic)	uathlathacha
Comparative	níos uathlathaí
Superlative	is uathlathaí

Derived terms

• tír uathlathach (“autocracy”, literally “autocratic country”)

Related terms

• uathlathaí (“autocrat”)
• uathlathas (“autocracy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of uathlathach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uathlathach	n-uathlathach	huathlathach	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) “uathlathach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “autocratic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025