umhlacht

Irish

Etymology

From umhal (“humble, submissive; dutiful, obedient; ready, willing; lithe, supple, pliant”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

umhlacht f (genitive singular umhlachta)

1. Synonym of umhlaíocht (“humility; submission, obedience; dutifulness, respect”)

Declension

Declension of umhlacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative umhlacht Vocative a umhlacht Genitive umhlachta Dative umhlacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an umhlacht Genitive na humhlachta Dative leis an umhlacht don umhlacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
umhlacht	n-umhlacht	humhlacht	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) “umhla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN