utlach

Old Irish

Alternative forms

urtlach

Etymology

Derived by LEIA from úth (“udder”) +‎ -lach,^[1] but ucht (“lap”) is a better semantic match. Neither option is free of phonological difficulties.

Noun

utlach n or m (genitive utlaig)

lapful

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	utlach	utlach^L	utlaig^L
vocative	utlaig	utlach^L	utlachu^H
accusative	utlach^N	utlach^L	utlachu^H
genitive	utlaig^L	utlach	utlach^N
dative	utlach^L	utlachaib	utlachaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Middle Irish: ultach, urtlach
- Irish: ultach, urtlach
- Scottish Gaelic: ultach

Mutation

Mutation of *utlach*
radical	lenition	nasalization
utlach (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	utlach	n-utlach

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

References

^ Vendryes, Joseph (1978), “utlach”, in Lexique étymologique de l’irlandais ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume T-U, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “urtlach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “utlach, ultach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[1] Vendryes, Joseph (1978), “utlach”, in Lexique étymologique de l’irlandais ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume T-U, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique

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