ubhchruth

Irish

Etymology

From ubh (“egg”) +‎ cruth (“shape”).

Noun

ubhchruth m (genitive singular ubhchrutha, nominative plural ubhchruthanna)

1. oval

Declension

Declension of ubhchruth (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ubhchruth ubhchruthanna vocative a ubhchruth a ubhchruthanna genitive ubhchrutha ubhchruthanna dative ubhchruth ubhchruthanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ubhchruth na hubhchruthanna genitive an ubhchrutha na n-ubhchruthanna dative leis an ubhchruth don ubhchruth leis na hubhchruthanna

Derived terms

• ubhchruthach (“egg-shaped, oval”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ubhchruth

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ubhchruth	n-ubhchruth	hubhchruth	t-ubhchruth

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) “ubhchruth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “oval”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025