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, no plural)

bare forms 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

Mutated forms of uchtach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uchtach	n-uchtach	huchtach	t-uchtach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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