uathlathach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]uathlathach (genitive singular masculine uathlathaigh, genitive singular feminine uathlathaí, plural uathlathacha, comparative uathlathaí)
- autocratic
- Synonym: féinlathach
Declension
[edit]Declension of uathlathach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | 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
[edit]- tír uathlathach (“autocracy”, literally “autocratic country”)
Related terms
[edit]- uathlathaí (“autocrat”)
- uathlathas (“autocracy”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| uathlathach | n-uathlathach | huathlathach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uathlathach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “autocratic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024