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ubh

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish og,[1] from Proto-Celtic *āuyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ubh f (genitive singular uibhe, nominative plural uibheacha) or
ubh m (genitive singular uibh, nominative plural uibhe)

  1. (biology, zoology) egg

Usage notes

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This word is normally feminine and follows the second declension, as shown in the first table below. The archaic masculine declension shown in the second table below is used especially in place names (e.g., Gort na nUbh (Gortnanuv), Co. Limerick, Munster).

Declension

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Declension of ubh

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ubh uibheacha
Vocative a ubh a uibheacha
Genitive uibhe uibheacha
Dative ubh
uibh (archaic, dialectal) 		uibheacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ubh na huibheacha
Genitive na huibhe na n-uibheacha
Dative leis an ubh
leis an uibh (archaic, dialectal)

don ubh
don uibh (archaic, dialectal)

leis na huibheacha
Archaic masculine declension
Declension of ubh

Irregular

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ubh uibhe
Vocative a ubh a uibhe
Genitive uibh ubh
Dative ubh uibhe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-ubh na huibhe
Genitive an uibh na n-ubh
Dative leis an ubh

don ubh

leis na huibhe

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ubh n-ubh hubh t-ubh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 og”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 180, page 91
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 207
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 98, page 39

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

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ubh m (genitive singular uibhe, plural uibhean)

  1. Alternative spelling of ugh

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ubh n-ubh h-ubh t-ubh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly, The Illustrated Gaelic Dictionary, 1902, p. 989.
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