ungae
Old Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin uncia, from ūnus (“one”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editungae f (genitive ungae, nominative plural ungai)
Declension
editFeminine iā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | ungaeL | ungaiL | ungai |
Vocative | ungaeL | ungaiL | ungai |
Accusative | ungaiN | ungaiL | ungai |
Genitive | ungae | ungaeL | ungaeN |
Dative | ungaiL | ungaib | ungaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
edit- Irish: uinge
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
ungae (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-ungae |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ungae, uinge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language