uachtar

See also: úachtar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úachtar, óchtar (whence also Scottish Gaelic uachdar and Manx eaghtyr), from Proto-Celtic *ouxsterom, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewp-s- (“high”). Akin to Irish and Scottish Gaelic uasal, Welsh uchel and uthr, Breton uhel. Cognate to Ancient Greek ὕψος (húpsos, “height”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈuəxt̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

uachtar m (genitive singular uachtair, nominative plural uachtair)

  1. top, upper part
    1. summit
    2. surface
    3. cream (milk)
  2. (geography) southern part

Declension
Declension of uachtar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative uachtar uachtair
Vocative a uachtair a uachtara
Genitive uachtair uachtar
Dative uachtar uachtair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-uachtar na huachtair
Genitive an uachtair na n-uachtar
Dative leis an uachtar

don uachtar

 leis na huachtair

Derived terms
  • béal uachtair (“upper lip”)
  • cáis uachtair (“cream cheese”)
  • cleith uachtair (“gaff”) (of sail)
  • crúiscín uachtair (“cream-jug”)
  • rigín uachtair, ualach uachtair (“top gear, top-hamper”)
  • uachtarach (“upper, top; higher, superior”)
  • uachtar aghaidhe lae (“day cream”)
  • uachtarán (“president; headmaster”)
  • uachtar bearrtha (“shaving cream”)
  • uachtar coipthe (“whipped cream”)
  • uachtar doirte (“pouring cream”)
  • uachtar dúbailte (“double cream”)
  • uachtar fuar (“cold cream”)
  • uachtar géar (“sour cream”)
  • uachtar glantach (“cleansing cream”)
  • uachtar gréine (“suncream”)
  • uachtar ime (“buttercream”)
  • uachtar inchoipthe (“whipping cream”)
  • uachtarlann (“dairy, creamery”)
  • uachtar reoite (“ice cream”)
  • uachtar sailéid (“salad cream”)
  • uachtar singil (“single cream”)
  • uachtar téachta (“clotted cream”)
  • uachtar uiscí (“aqueous cream”)
  • uiscí uachtair (“head-water(s)”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
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uachtar n-uachtar huachtar t-uachtar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "uachtar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “uachtar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “uachtar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “1 úachtar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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