uchtach

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish uchtach (“breast-plate, stomacher, poitrel or breast ornament for horses”), from ucht (“breast, bosom; lap; the breast of an animal”).

Noun

uchtach m (genitive singular uchtaigh, nominative plural uchtaigh)

  1. breastplate; (ecclesiastical, pharmacy, armour) pectoral; chest-protector, plastron
Declension
Declension of uchtach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative uchtach uchtaigh
Vocative a uchtaigh a uchtacha
Genitive uchtaigh uchtach
Dative uchtach uchtaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-uchtach na huchtaigh
Genitive an uchtaigh na n-uchtach
Dative leis an uchtach

don uchtach

 leis na huchtaigh

Etymology 2

From Old Irish uchtach (“elevation, hillock; a hill, height or steep, the front of a hill; the breast of a mountain, an acclivity”), from ucht (“breast, bosom; lap”).

Noun

uchtach m (genitive singular uchtaigh, nominative plural uchtaigh)

  1. breast of hill, upward slope, rise
Declension
Declension of uchtach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative uchtach uchtaigh
Vocative a uchtaigh a uchtacha
Genitive uchtaigh uchtach
Dative uchtach uchtaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-uchtach na huchtaigh
Genitive an uchtaigh na n-uchtach
Dative leis an uchtach

don uchtach

 leis na huchtaigh

Noun

uchtach m (genitive singular uchtaigh)

  1. courage, encouragement, hope, spirit
  2. strength of voice, vigor of speech
Declension
Declension of uchtach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative uchtach
Vocative a uchtaigh
Genitive uchtaigh
Dative uchtach

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-uchtach
Genitive an uchtaigh
Dative leis an uchtach

don uchtach

Derived terms
  • splanc uchtaigh f (“spark of courage”)

Etymology 4

From ucht (“chest; breast, bosom”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix)

Adjective

uchtach (genitive singular masculine uchtaigh, genitive singular feminine uchtaí, plural uchtacha)

  1. pectoral
Declension
Declension of uchtach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative uchtach uchtach uchtacha
Vocative uchtaigh uchtacha
Genitive uchtaí uchtacha uchtach
Dative uchtach uchtach;
uchtaigh (archaic)		 uchtacha
Comparative níos uchtaí
Superlative is uchtaí

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
uchtach n-uchtach huchtach t-uchtach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "uchtach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 uchtach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “2 uchtach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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