ungae
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin uncia, from ūnus (“one”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ungae f (genitive ungae, nominative plural ungai)
Declension
| Feminine iā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | ungaeL | ungaiL | ungai |
| Vocative | ungaeL | ungaiL | ungai |
| Accusative | ungaiN | ungaiL | ungai |
| Genitive | ungae | ungaeL | ungaeN |
| Dative | ungaiL | ungaib | ungaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Irish: uinge
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ungae (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-ungae |
| 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), “ungae, uinge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language