uaigh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úag (“grave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uəɟ/
• IPA^(key): /uə/

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
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 úag, úaig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish úag (“grave”).

Noun

uaigh f (genitive singular uaighe, plural uaighean)

1. grave, tomb, sepulchre

Mutation

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 úag, úaig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language