uchtleanbh

Irish

Etymology

From ucht (bosom; lap) +‎ leanbh (child).

Noun

uchtleanbh m (genitive singular uchtlinbh, nominative plural uchtleanaí)

  1. adopted child

Declension

Declension of uchtleanbh (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative uchtleanbh uchtleanaí
vocative a uchtlinbh a uchtleanaí
genitive uchtlinbh uchtleanaí
dative uchtleanbh uchtleanaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-uchtleanbh na huchtleanaí
genitive an uchtlinbh na n-uchtleanaí
dative leis an uchtleanbh
don uchtleanbh
leis na huchtleanaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of uchtleanbh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uchtleanbh n-uchtleanbh huchtleanbh t-uchtleanbh

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

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