urlacach

Irish

Etymology

From urlaic (“to vomit”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

urlacach (genitive singular masculine urlacaigh, genitive singular feminine urlacaí, plural urlacacha, comparative urlacaí)

1. (pharmacology) emetic

Declension

Declension of urlacach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	urlacach	urlacach	urlacacha
vocative	urlacaigh		urlacacha
genitive		urlacaí	urlacacha	urlacach
dative	urlacach	urlacach; urlacaigh (archaic)	urlacacha
Comparative	níos urlacaí
Superlative	is urlacaí

Noun

urlacach m (genitive singular urlacaigh, nominative plural urlacaigh)

1. (pharmacology) vomitory, emetic

Declension

Declension of urlacach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative urlacach urlacaigh vocative a urlacaigh a urlacacha genitive urlacaigh urlacach dative urlacach urlacaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-urlacach na hurlacaigh genitive an urlacaigh na n-urlacach dative leis an urlacach don urlacach leis na hurlacaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of urlacach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
urlacach	n-urlacach	hurlacach	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) “urlacach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “urlacach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “urlacach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025