Ulaid

English

Proper noun

Ulaid (singular Ulad)

1. A people of Early Ireland who gave their name to the Irish province of Ulster.

Anagrams

• Daliu, dulia

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• Ulaith

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuliðʲ/

Proper noun

Ulaid m pl

1. Ulstermen
2. (plural only) Ulster (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

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

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Ulaid (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	nUlaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

• Connachta
• Laigin
• Mumu

References

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