uige

Irish

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uige f (genitive singular uige, nominative plural uigí)

woven fabric, web
Proverb: Gach uige mar a hábhar. ― Like father like son.
thin, transparent, fabric; tissue, gauze
(technical) web
(literary) composition, poem

Declension of uige (fourth declension)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an uige	na huigí
genitive	na huige	na n-uigí
dative	leis an uige don uige	leis na huigí

Mutated forms of *uige*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uige	n-uige	huige	not applicable

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

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uige”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN