uacht

See also: úacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• uadhacht, udhacht (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish udacht, audacht, from Old Irish aidacht, from Latin ēdictum.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /uəxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ua̯xt̪ˠ/

Noun

uacht f (genitive singular uachta, nominative plural uachtanna)

1. (law) will, testament

   Synonym: tiomna

2. pledge

Declension

Declension of uacht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative uacht uachtanna Vocative a uacht a uachtanna Genitive uachta uachtanna Dative uacht uachtanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an uacht na huachtanna Genitive na huachta na n-uachtanna Dative leis an uacht don uacht leis na huachtanna

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “uacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aidacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “uḋaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 774
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN