ultach

See also: Ultach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ultach, from Old Irish utlach m (“lapful”), from uth + -lach.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈul̪ˠt̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʌl̪ˠt̪ˠa(x)/

Noun

ultach m (genitive singular ultaigh, nominative plural ultaigh)

1. armful, (breast-)load
2. load, burden

Declension

Declension of ultach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative ultach ultaigh vocative a ultaigh a ultacha genitive ultaigh ultach dative ultach ultaigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-ultach na hultaigh genitive an ultaigh na n-ultach dative leis an ultach don ultach leis na hultaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of ultach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ultach	n-ultach	hultach	t-ultach

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), “ultach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “utlach, ultach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “ultach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm