uasalathair

Irish

Alternative forms

• uasal-athair (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish úasalathair. By surface analysis, uasal (“noble”) +‎ athair (“father”).

Noun

uasalathair m (genitive singular uasalathar, nominative plural uasalaithreacha)

1. patriarch

Declension

Declension of uasalathair

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative uasalathair uasalaithreacha Vocative a uasalathair a uasalaithreacha Genitive uasalathar uasalaithreacha Dative uasalathair uasalaithreacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-uasalathair na huasalaithreacha Genitive an uasalathar na n-uasalaithreacha Dative leis an uasalathair don uasalathair leis na huasalaithreacha

Synonyms

• patrarc

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úasal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “uasal-”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uasalathair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN