urlacach

Irish

Etymology

From urlaic (“to vomit”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

urlacach (genitive singular masculine urlacaigh, genitive singular feminine urlacaí, plural urlacacha, comparative urlacaí)

1. (pharmacology) emetic

Declension

Declension of urlacach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	urlacach	urlacach	urlacacha
Vocative	urlacaigh		urlacacha
Genitive		urlacaí	urlacacha	urlacach
Dative	urlacach	urlacach; urlacaigh (archaic)	urlacacha
Comparative	níos urlacaí
Superlative	is urlacaí

Noun

urlacach m (genitive singular urlacaigh, nominative plural urlacaigh)

1. (pharmacology) vomitory, emetic

Declension

Declension of urlacach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative urlacach urlacaigh Vocative a urlacaigh a urlacacha Genitive urlacaigh urlacach Dative urlacach urlacaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-urlacach na hurlacaigh Genitive an urlacaigh na n-urlacach Dative leis an urlacach don urlacach leis na hurlacaigh

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “urlacach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “urlacach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “urlacach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024