urtlach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • iarthlach, iorlach, iorthlach[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish urtlach, utlach (lapful).[2][3] Doublet of ultach (armful).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈiəɾˠhl̪ˠəx/[4] (corresponding to the form iarthlach)

Noun

urtlach m (genitive singular urtlaigh, nominative plural urtlaigh)

  1. bag worn like an apron to gather potatoes when harvesting

Declension

Declension of urtlach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative urtlach urtlaigh
vocative a urtlaigh a urtlacha
genitive urtlaigh urtlach
dative urtlach urtlaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-urtlach na hurtlaigh
genitive an urtlaigh na n-urtlach
dative leis an urtlach
don urtlach
leis na hurtlaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of urtlach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
urtlach n-urtlach hurtlach t-urtlach

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

References

  1. ^ urtlach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “urtlach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “utlach, ultach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 232, page 117

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “iorṫlaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 615; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “urtlach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN