ubhchruth

Irish

Etymology

From ubh (“egg”) +‎ cruth (“shape”).

Noun

ubhchruth m (genitive singular ubhchrutha, nominative plural ubhchruthanna)

  1. oval

Declension

Declension of ubhchruth (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ubhchruth ubhchruthanna
vocative a ubhchruth a ubhchruthanna
genitive ubhchrutha ubhchruthanna
dative ubhchruth ubhchruthanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-ubhchruth na hubhchruthanna
genitive an ubhchrutha na n-ubhchruthanna
dative leis an ubhchruth
don ubhchruth 		leis na hubhchruthanna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ubhchruth
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ubhchruth n-ubhchruth hubhchruth t-ubhchruth

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ubhchruth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “oval”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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