uchtphláta

Irish

Etymology

From ucht (“breast”) +‎ pláta (“plate”).

Noun

uchtphláta m (genitive singular uchtphláta, nominative plural uchtphlátaí)

1. breastplate

Declension

Declension of uchtphláta (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative uchtphláta uchtphlátaí vocative a uchtphláta a uchtphlátaí genitive uchtphláta uchtphlátaí dative uchtphláta uchtphlátaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-uchtphláta na huchtphlátaí genitive an uchtphláta na n-uchtphlátaí dative leis an uchtphláta don uchtphláta leis na huchtphlátaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of uchtphláta

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uchtphláta	n-uchtphláta	huchtphláta	t-uchtphláta

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) “uchtphláta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uchtphláta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm