umhlú

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish umlugud, verbal noun of umligid.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /uːˈl̪ˠuː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈuːlˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈũːlu/

Noun

umhlú m (genitive singular umhlaithe)

1. verbal noun of umhlaigh
2. genuflection, curtsey, obeisance
3. submission

Declension

Declension of umhlú (irregular, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative umhlú vocative a umhlú genitive umhlaithe dative umhlú forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-umhlú genitive an umhlaithe dative leis an umhlú don umhlú

Mutation

Mutated forms of umhlú

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
umhlú	n-umhlú	humhlú	t-umhlú

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) “umhlú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “umlugud”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language