umhlacht

Irish

Etymology

From umhal (“humble, submissive; dutiful, obedient; ready, willing; lithe, supple, pliant”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

umhlacht f (genitive singular umhlachta)

1. Synonym of umhlaíocht (“humility; submission, obedience; dutifulness, respect”)

Declension

Declension of umhlacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative umhlacht vocative a umhlacht genitive umhlachta dative umhlacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an umhlacht genitive na humhlachta dative leis an umhlacht don umhlacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of umhlacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
umhlacht	n-umhlacht	humhlacht	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) “umhla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN