uachtar
See also: úachtar
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish úachtar,[1] óchtar (whence also Scottish Gaelic uachdar and Manx eaghtyr), from Proto-Celtic *ouxsterom, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewps- (“high”). Akin to Irish and Scottish Gaelic uasal, Welsh uchel and uthr, Breton uhel. Cognate to Ancient Greek ὕψος (húpsos, “height”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edituachtar m (genitive singular uachtair, nominative plural uachtair)
- top, upper part
- surface (of the water, from the point of view of someone or something underwater)
- cream (milk)
- (astrology) ascendant
- (shoemaking) upper (part of a shoe above the sole)
Declension
editDeclension of uachtar
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
editAntonyms
editDerived terms
edit- béal uachtair (“upper lip”)
- cáis uachtair (“cream cheese”)
- cleith uachtair (“gaff (of sail)”)
- crúiscín uachtair (“cream-jug”)
- rigín uachtair (“top gear, top-hamper”)
- uachtar aghaidhe lae (“day cream”)
- uachtar bearrtha (“shaving cream”)
- uachtar coipthe (“whipped cream”)
- uachtar doirte (“pouring cream”)
- uachtar dúbailte (“double cream”)
- uachtar fuar (“cold cream”)
- uachtar géar (“sour cream”)
- uachtar glantach (“cleansing cream”)
- uachtar gréine (“suncream”)
- uachtar ime (“buttercream”)
- uachtar inchoipthe (“whipping cream”)
- uachtar reoite (“ice cream”)
- uachtar sailéid (“salad cream”)
- uachtar singil (“single cream”)
- uachtar téachta (“clotted cream”)
- uachtar uiscí (“aqueous cream”)
- uachtarach (“upper, top; higher, superior”)
- uachtarán (“president; headmaster”)
- uachtarlann (“dairy, creamery”)
- ualach uachtair (“top gear, top-hamper”)
- uiscí uachtair (“head-water(s)”)
Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| uachtar | n-uachtar | huachtar | t-uachtar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 úachtar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 339, page 117
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uachtar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uachtar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “uachtar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- ga:Astrology
- ga:Shoemaking
- Irish first-declension nouns
- ga:Milk