úachtar

See also: uachtar

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ouxteros.

Compare Ancient Greek ὑψηλός (hupsēlós, “high”), αὐξω (auxō, “increase”); Latin augeo (“I increase”), vigeo (“I am strong”).

Noun

úachtar n

1. surface, top
2. cream

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	úachtarN	úachtarN	úachtarL, úachtara
Vocative	úachtarN	úachtarN	úachtarL, úachtara
Accusative	úachtarN	úachtarN	úachtarL, úachtara
Genitive	úachtairL	úachtar	úachtarN
Dative	úachturL	úachtaraib	úachtaraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Alternative forms

• óchtar (early)

Derived terms

• úachtarach (“upper, higher; superior in rank; final, decisive”)

Descendants

• Irish: uachtar
• Manx: eaghtyr
• Scottish Gaelic: uachdar
• ⇒ Middle Irish: úachtarán
  • Irish: uachtarán
  • Manx: eaghtyrane
  • Scottish Gaelic: uachdaran

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
úachtar (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-úachtar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 úachtar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language