uathlathach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]uathlathach (genitive singular masculine uathlathaigh, genitive singular feminine uathlathaí, plural uathlathacha, comparative uathlathaí)
- autocratic
- Synonym: féinlathach
Declension
[edit]| 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]| 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
[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