Ultach

See also: ultach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish Ultach, Ulltach (“Ultonian”). By surface analysis, Uladh +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈoul̪ˠhəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈul̪ˠt̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɞl̪ˠt̪ˠɑ(x)/

Adjective

Ultach (genitive singular masculine Ultaigh, genitive singular feminine Ultaí, plural Ultacha, not comparable)

1. of or from Ulster, Ultonian

Declension

Declension of Ultach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	Ultach	Ultach	Ultacha
vocative	Ultaigh		Ultacha
genitive		Ultaí	Ultacha	Ultach
dative	Ultach	Ultach; Ultaigh (archaic)	Ultacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Derived terms

• Albanach Ultach (“Ulster Scot”)
• bean Ultach (“witch”)
• cailleach Ultach (“witch”)

Hypernyms

• Éireannach (“Irish”)

Coordinate terms

• Connachtach (“of Connacht”)
• Laighneach (“of Leinster”)
• Muimhneach (“of Munster”)

Noun

Ultach m (genitive singular Ultaigh, nominative plural Ultaigh)

1. native of Ulster, Ultonian, Ulsterman, Ulsterwoman

Declension

Declension of Ultach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative Ultach Ultaigh vocative a Ultaigh a Ultacha genitive Ultaigh Ultach dative Ultach Ultaigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an tUltach na hUltaigh genitive an Ultaigh na nUltach dative leis an Ultach don Ultach leis na hUltaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Ultach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Ultach	nUltach	hUltach	tUltach

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “Ultaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1297; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Ultach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “Ultach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Ultach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish Ultach, Ulltach (“Ultonian”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈul̪ˠt̪əx/

Adjective

Ultach

1. related to Ulster

Related terms

• Ulaidh m pl (“Ulster”)

Noun

Ultach m (genitive singular Ultaich, plural Ultaich)

1. native of Ulster, Ulsterman

Mutation

Mutation of Ultach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Ultach	n-Ultach	h-Ultach	t-Ultach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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