uathlathaí

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /uəl̪ˠəˈhiː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈuəlˠəhiː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈuəlˠəhi/

Etymology 1

From uath- +‎ -lathaí.

Noun

uathlathaí m (genitive singular uathlathaí, nominative plural uathlathaithe)

1. autocrat

Declension

Declension of uathlathaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative uathlathaí uathlathaithe Vocative a uathlathaí a uathlathaithe Genitive uathlathaí uathlathaithe Dative uathlathaí uathlathaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-uathlathaí na huathlathaithe Genitive an uathlathaí na n-uathlathaithe Dative leis an uathlathaí don uathlathaí leis na huathlathaithe

Related terms

• tír uathlathach (“autocracy”, literally “autocratic country”)
• uathlathach (“autocratic”, adjective)
• uathlathas (“autocracy”)

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

uathlathaí

1. inflection of uathlathach:
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uathlathaí	n-uathlathaí	huathlathaí	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) “uathlathaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “autocrat”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024