ucht
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ucht (“breast, bosom; bosom; lap; the breast of an animal”), from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”) (compare Latin pectus).
Declension
Declension of ucht
Third declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- as ucht (“for the sake of, on account of, on behalf of, in return for”)
- in ucht (“facing, in face of”)
- le hucht (“in front of, before, in anticipation of, for the purpose of”)
- móruchtúil (“stout-hearted, courageous”)
- uchtach (“breastplate; pectoral; chest-protector, plastron; breast of hill, upward slope, rise”)
- uchtach (“pectoral”)
- uchtaigh (“adopt”, verb)
- uchtán (“load carried between arms and chest, armful; lapful; small upward slope, rise”)
- uchtbhalla, uchtbharr (“parapet”)
- uchtbhorrthóir (“chest-expander”)
- uchtdruilire (“breast-drill”)
- uchtleanbh (“adopted child”)
- uchtmhac (“adopted son”)
- uchtóg (“armful; small heap; rise (in ground); bump (in road)”)
- uchtphláta (“breastplate”)
- uchtráille (“breastwork”)
- uchtúil (“full-chested; courageous”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ucht | n-ucht | hucht | t-ucht |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- "ucht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “ucht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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