ucht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ucht (“breast”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸextus, from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”) (compare Latin pectus).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʊxt̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɔxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ʌxt̪ˠ/

Noun

ucht m (genitive singular uchta, nominative plural uchtanna)

1. chest
2. breast, bosom
3. lap

Declension

Declension of ucht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ucht uchtanna Vocative a ucht a uchtanna Genitive uchta uchtanna Dative ucht uchtanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ucht na huchtanna Genitive an uchta na n-uchtanna Dative leis an ucht don ucht leis na huchtanna

Derived terms

• as ucht (“for the sake of, on account of, on behalf of”)
• in ucht (“facing, in face of”)
• le hucht (“in front of, before, in anticipation of”)
• móruchtúil (“stout-hearted, courageous”)
• uchtach (“breastplate; pectoral; chest-protector, plastron”)
• uchtach (“pectoral”)
• uchtaigh (“adopt”, verb)
• uchtán (“load carried between arms and chest, armful; lapful”)
• uchtbhalla (“parapet”)
• uchtbharr (“parapet”)
• uchtbhorrthóir (“chest-expander”)
• uchtdruilire (“breast-drill”)
• uchtleanbh (“adopted child”)
• uchtmhac (“adopted son”)
• uchtóg (“armful; small heap; rise (in ground); bump (in road)”)
• uchtphláta (“breastplate”)
• uchtráille (“breastwork”)
• uchtúil (“full-chested; courageous”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ucht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN