uige

Irish

Alternative forms

• aigdhe
• aige

Etymology

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Noun

uige f (genitive singular uige, nominative plural uigí)

1. woven fabric, web

   Proverb: Gach uige mar a hábhar. ― Like father like son.

2. thin, transparent, fabric; tissue, gauze
3. (technical) web
4. (literary) composition, poem

Declension

Declension of uige

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative uige uigí Vocative a uige a uigí Genitive uige uigí Dative uige uigí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an uige na huigí Genitive na huige na n-uigí Dative leis an uige don uige leis na huigí

Synonyms

• (web): uige cheangail

Derived terms

• uige chadáis f (“cotton tissue”)
• uige mhiotail f (“metal gauze”)
• uigeach (“web-like, textured; gauzy”, adjective)
• uigeacht ithreach f (“soil texture”)

 

Mutation

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

References

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