uige

Irish

Alternative forms

Noun

uige f (genitive singular uige, nominative plural uigí)

    1. woven fabric, web
      Proverb:
      Gach uige mar a hábhar. ― Like father like son.
    2. thin, transparent, fabric; tissue, gauze
    3. (technical) web
  2. (literary) composition, poem

Declension
Declension of uige

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative uige uigí
Vocative a uige a uigí
Genitive uige uigí
Dative uige uigí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an uige na huigí
Genitive na huige na n-uigí
Dative leis an uige

don uige

 leis na huigí

Synonyms
  • (web): uige cheangail

Derived terms
  • uigeach (“web-like, textured; gauzy”, adjective)
  • uigeacht ithreach f (“soil texture”)
  • uige chadáis f (“cotton tissue”)
  • uige mhiotail f (“metal gauze”)

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

References
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