Ulaid

English

Proper noun

Ulaid (singular Ulad)

1. A people of Early Ireland who gave their name to the Irish province of Ulster.
2. (historical) the former kingdom of northern Ireland belonging to the ancestors of the Ulstermen

Anagrams

• Daliu, dulia

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

• (earlier) IPA^(key): /ˈuləðʲ/
• (later) IPA^(key): /ˈuləɣʲ/

Proper noun

Ulaid m pl

1. (plural only) Ulster (a province of Ireland)

Declension

• Genitive plural: Ulad

Descendants

• Irish: Ulaidh
• Manx: Ullee
• Scottish Gaelic: Ulaidh

See also

• Connachta
• Laigin
• Mumu

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Ulaid	unchanged	nUlaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• Ulaith

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈulɨðʲ]

Proper noun

Ulaid m pl

1. Ulstermen
2. (plural only) Ulster (a province of Ireland)

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	—	—	UlaidL
Vocative	—	—	UltuH, UltoH
Accusative	—	—	UltuH, UltoH
Genitive	—	—	UladN
Dative	—	—	Ultaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: Ulaid
  • Irish: Ulaidh
  • Manx: Ullee
  • Scottish Gaelic: Ulaidh
• → Latin: Ultōnia

See also

• Connachta
• Laigin
• Mumu

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Ulaid	unchanged	nUlaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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