umhlaíocht

Irish

Alternative forms

  • umhla, umhlacht
  • umhlaidheacht, umhlaigheacht, umhluidheacht, umhluigheacht (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From umhal +‎ -íocht.

Pronunciation

Noun

umhlaíocht f (genitive singular umhlaíochta)

  1. obedience, submission
  2. humility

Declension

Declension of umhlaíocht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative umhlaíocht
vocative a umhlaíocht
genitive umhlaíochta
dative umhlaíocht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an umhlaíocht
genitive na humhlaíochta
dative leis an umhlaíocht
don umhlaíocht

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of umhlaíocht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
umhlaíocht n-umhlaíocht humhlaíocht not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “umhlaíocht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975), The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 529, page 98
  3. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958), The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 457, page 126
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 218

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