útamáil

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

útamáil f (genitive singular útamála)

1. (act of) fumbling, groping, bungling; (act of) pottering

Declension

Declension of útamáil

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative útamáil Vocative a útamáil Genitive útamála Dative útamáil

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an útamáil Genitive na hútamála Dative leis an útamáil don útamáil

Derived terms

• útamáilte (“fumbled, bungled; bedraggled; disturbed, choppy”, adjective)
• útamálach (“fumbling, bungling”, adjective)
• útamálaí m (“fumbler, bungler; potterer”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
útamáil	n-útamáil	hútamáil	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “útamáil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “útamáil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Entries containing “útamáil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.