uaigh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úag (“grave”).

Pronunciation

Noun

uaigh f (genitive singular uaighe, nominative plural uaigheanna)

  1. grave (excavation for burial)

Declension
Declension of uaigh

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative uaigh uaigheanna
Vocative a uaigh a uaigheanna
Genitive uaighe uaigheanna
Dative uaigh uaigheanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an uaigh na huaigheanna
Genitive na huaighe na n-uaigheanna
Dative leis an uaigh

don uaigh

 leis na huaigheanna

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
uaigh n-uaigh huaigh not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish úag (“grave”).

Noun

uaigh f (genitive singular uaighe, plural uaighean)

  1. grave, tomb, sepulchre

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
uaighn-uaighh-uaight-uaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “1 úag, úaig” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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