ulcha

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ulcha.

Noun

ulcha f (genitive singular ulcha, nominative plural ulchaí)

1. beard

Declension

Declension of ulcha (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative ulcha ulchaí vocative a ulcha a ulchaí genitive ulcha ulchaí dative ulcha ulchaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an ulcha na hulchaí genitive na hulcha na n-ulchaí dative leis an ulcha don ulcha leis na hulchaí

Synonyms

• féasóg
• meigeall

Mutation

Mutated forms of ulcha

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ulcha	n-ulcha	hulcha	not applicable

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

Old Irish

Etymology

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Noun

ulcha f

1. beard

Declension

Feminine iā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ulchaeL	ulchaiL	ulchai
vocative	ulchaeL	ulchaiL	ulchai
accusative	ulchaiN	ulchaiL	ulchai
genitive	ulchae	ulchaeL	ulchaeN
dative	ulchaiL	ulchaib	ulchaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of ulcha

radical	lenition	nasalization
ulcha (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	ulcha	n-ulcha

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

References

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