uinge

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ungae (“ounce”), from Latin uncia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪɲɪ/, /ˈɪɲɟɪ/

Noun

uinge f (genitive singular uinge, nominative plural uingí)

1. (literary) ounce
2. ingot

   Synonym: barra

Declension

Declension of uinge (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative uinge uingí vocative a uinge a uingí genitive uinge uingí dative uinge uingí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an uinge na huingí genitive na huinge na n-uingí dative leis an uinge don uinge leis na huingí

• Alternative plural form: uingeacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of uinge

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uinge	n-uinge	huinge	not applicable

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) “uinge”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ungae, uinge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “uinge”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 775
• “ingot”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uinge”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

Old Irish

Noun

uinge f

1. Alternative form of ungae

Mutation

Mutation of uinge

radical	lenition	nasalization
uinge (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-uinge

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