uinge
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ungae (“ounce”), from Latin uncia.
Pronunciation
Noun
uinge f (genitive singular uinge, nominative plural uingí)
Declension
Declension of uinge
- Alternative plural form: uingeacha
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
uinge | n-uinge | huinge | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uinge”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ungae, uinge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “uinge”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 775
- “ingot”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uinge”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
Old Irish
Noun
uinge f
- Alternative form of ungae
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
uinge (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-uinge |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |