uchtleanbh

Irish

Etymology

From ucht (“bosom; lap”) +‎ leanbh (“child”).

Noun

uchtleanbh m (genitive singular uchtlinbh, nominative plural uchtleanaí)

1. adopted child

Declension

Declension of uchtleanbh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative uchtleanbh uchtleanaí Vocative a uchtlinbh a uchtleanaí Genitive uchtlinbh uchtleanaí Dative uchtleanbh uchtleanaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-uchtleanbh na huchtleanaí Genitive an uchtlinbh na n-uchtleanaí Dative leis an uchtleanbh don uchtleanbh leis na huchtleanaí

Related terms

• uchtmhac (“adopted son”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uchtleanbh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN