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

Mutated forms of uchtleanbh

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uchtleanbh	n-uchtleanbh	huchtleanbh	t-uchtleanbh

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) “uchtleanbh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN