Uigingeach
See also: uigingeach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom uiging (“Viking, sea-rover, pirate; pirate fleet”) + -ach. Compare Manx Wiggynnagh and Scottish Gaelic Uiginneach.
Adjective
editUigingeach (genitive singular masculine Uigingigh, genitive singular feminine Uigingí, plural Uigingeacha, not comparable)
- Viking
- Synonym: Lochlannach
Declension
editDeclension of Uigingeach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Uigingeach | Uigingeach | Uigingeacha | |
Vocative | Uigingigh | Uigingeacha | ||
Genitive | Uigingí | Uigingeacha | Uigingeach | |
Dative | Uigingeach | Uigingeach; Uigingigh (archaic) |
Uigingeacha | |
Comparative | níos Uigingí | |||
Superlative | is Uigingí |
Noun
editUigingeach m (genitive singular Uigingigh, nominative plural Uigingigh)
- Viking
- Synonym: Lochlannach
Declension
editDeclension of Uigingeach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
Uigingeach | nUigingeach | hUigingeach | tUigingeach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uigingeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “Viking”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Uigingeach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm