ungadh
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish ongad. By surface analysis, ung + -adh.
Pronunciation
Noun and autonomous past verb form:
Past habitual and third-person imperative verb forms:
Noun
ungadh m (genitive singular ungtha, nominative plural unghtaí)
- verbal noun of ung (“anoint”)
- unction, ointment, salve, unguent
- cream (product to apply to the skin)
Declension
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Derived terms
- ungadh déanach (“extreme unction”)
- Ungthach (“Messiah, Christ”)
Verb
ungadh
- inflection of ung:
- autonomous past indicative
- analytic past habitual dependent
- third-person singular imperative
Mutation
| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| ungadh | n-ungadh | hungadh | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 302, page 107
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language