uidh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish huide. Cognate with Latin pes (“foot”), Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”), and English foot, as well as Scottish Gaelic sìos (“down, downward”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uj/

Noun

uidh f (genitive singular uidhe, plural uidhean)

1. degree, step
2. span
3. way
4. journey

Derived terms

• eadar-uidh (“interval, intermediate step”)
• uidh air n-uidh (“gradually, bit by bit, in stages”)

Mutation

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