uchtach

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish uchtach (“breast-plate, stomacher, poitrel or breast ornament for horses”), from ucht (“breast, bosom; lap; the breast of an animal”).

Noun

uchtach m (genitive singular uchtaigh, nominative plural uchtaigh)

1. breastplate; (ecclesiastical, pharmacy, armour) pectoral; chest-protector, plastron

Declension

Declension of uchtach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative uchtach uchtaigh Vocative a uchtaigh a uchtacha Genitive uchtaigh uchtach Dative uchtach uchtaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-uchtach na huchtaigh Genitive an uchtaigh na n-uchtach Dative leis an uchtach don uchtach leis na huchtaigh

Etymology 2

From Old Irish uchtach (“elevation, hillock; a hill, height or steep, the front of a hill; the breast of a mountain, an acclivity”), from ucht (“breast, bosom; lap”).

Noun

uchtach m (genitive singular uchtaigh, nominative plural uchtaigh)

1. breast of hill, upward slope, rise

Declension

Declension of uchtach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative uchtach uchtaigh Vocative a uchtaigh a uchtacha Genitive uchtaigh uchtach Dative uchtach uchtaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-uchtach na huchtaigh Genitive an uchtaigh na n-uchtach Dative leis an uchtach don uchtach leis na huchtaigh

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

uchtach m (genitive singular uchtaigh)

1. courage, encouragement, hope, spirit
2. strength of voice, vigor of speech

Declension

Declension of uchtach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative uchtach Vocative a uchtaigh Genitive uchtaigh Dative uchtach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-uchtach Genitive an uchtaigh Dative leis an uchtach don uchtach

Derived terms

• splanc uchtaigh f (“spark of courage”)

Etymology 4

From ucht (“chest; breast, bosom”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

uchtach (genitive singular masculine uchtaigh, genitive singular feminine uchtaí, plural uchtacha)

1. pectoral

Declension

Declension of uchtach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	uchtach	uchtach	uchtacha
Vocative	uchtaigh		uchtacha
Genitive		uchtaí	uchtacha	uchtach
Dative	uchtach	uchtach; uchtaigh (archaic)	uchtacha
Comparative	níos uchtaí
Superlative	is uchtaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uchtach	n-uchtach	huchtach	t-uchtach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uchtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 uchtach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 uchtach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language