ungae

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• uinge

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin uncia, from ūnus (“one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuŋɡe/, [ˈuŋɡɘ]

Noun

ungae f (genitive ungae, nominative plural ungai)

1. ounce

Declension

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ungaeL	ungaiL	ungai
Vocative	ungaeL	ungaiL	ungai
Accusative	ungaiN	ungaiL	ungai
Genitive	ungae	ungaeL	ungaeN
Dative	ungaiL	ungaib	ungaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: uinge

Mutation

Mutation of ungae

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

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ungae, uinge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language