ucht

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ucht (breast),[1] from Proto-Celtic *ɸextus,[2] from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (breast) (compare Latin pectus).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ucht m (genitive singular uchta, nominative plural uchtanna)

  1. chest
  2. breast, bosom
  3. lap

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ucht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fextu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 130
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 59

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *ɸuxtu, of uncertain further etymology. It can be related to Latin pectus (breast), but it requires that the Celtic form contain an irregular assimilation of the first vowel from *e to *u. Alternatively, it can be connected to Latvian pups (teat, nipple), but Matasović declares this less probable.[1]

Noun

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ucht n or m

  1. breast, bosom

Declension

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Neuter u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative uchtN uchtL ochtL, ochta
Vocative uchtN uchtL ucht
Accusative uchtN uchtL ucht
Genitive ochtoH, ochtaH ochtoN, ochtaN ochtN
Dative uchtL ochtaib ochtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ucht uchtL ochtae
Vocative ucht uchtL uchtu
Accusative uchtN uchtL uchtu
Genitive ochtoH, ochtaH ochto, ochta ochtaeN
Dative uchtL ochtaib ochtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: ucht

Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fextu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 130

Further reading

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