umhlú

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish umlugud, verbal noun of umligid.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /uːˈl̪ˠuː/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈuːlˠuː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈũːlu/[1]

Noun

umhlú m (genitive singular umhlaithe)

Declension

Declension of umhlú

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	umhlú
Vocative	a umhlú
Genitive	umhlaithe
Dative	umhlú

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an t-umhlú
Genitive	an umhlaithe
Dative	leis an umhlú don umhlú

Mutation

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

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 23

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “umhlú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “umlugud”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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