umhlú

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish umlugud, verbal noun of umligid.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /uːˈl̪ˠuː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈuːlˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈũːlu/

Noun

umhlú m (genitive singular umhlaithe)

1. verbal noun of umhlaigh
2. genuflection, curtsey, obeisance
3. submission

Declension

Declension of umhlú

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative umhlú Vocative a umhlú Genitive umhlaithe Dative umhlú

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an t-umhlú Genitive an umhlaithe Dative leis an umhlú don umhlú

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “umhlú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “umlugud”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language