uchtach

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Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish uchtach (breast-plate, stomacher, poitrel or breast ornament for horses), from ucht (breast, bosom; lap; the breast of an animal).

Noun

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uchtach m (genitive singular uchtaigh, nominative plural uchtaigh)

  1. breastplate; (ecclesiastical, pharmacy, armour) pectoral; chest-protector, plastron
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Etymology 2

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From Old Irish uchtach (elevation, hillock; a hill, height or steep, the front of a hill; the breast of a mountain, an acclivity), from ucht (breast, bosom; lap).

Noun

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uchtach m (genitive singular uchtaigh, nominative plural uchtaigh)

  1. breast of hill, upward slope, rise
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Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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uchtach m (genitive singular uchtaigh)

  1. courage, encouragement, hope, spirit
  2. strength of voice, vigor of speech
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Derived terms
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Etymology 4

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From ucht (chest; breast, bosom) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

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uchtach (genitive singular masculine uchtaigh, genitive singular feminine uchtaí, plural uchtacha)

  1. pectoral
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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uchtach n-uchtach huchtach t-uchtach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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