Ulaid

== English == === Proper noun === Ulaid (singular Ulad) A people of Early Ireland who gave their name to the Irish province of Ulster. (historical) the former kingdom of northern Ireland belonging to the ancestors of the Ulstermen === Anagrams === Daliu, dulia == Middle Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish Ulaid, probably identical to Ancient Greek Ούολουντιοι (Oúolountioi), Ούλουτοι (Oúloutoi), mentioned by Ptolemy. Probably ultimately from ul (“beard”). More at Ulaid. === Pronunciation === (earlier) IPA(key): /ˈuləðʲ/ (later) IPA(key): /ˈuləɣʲ/ === Proper noun === Ulaid m pl (plural only) Ulster (a province of Ireland) ==== Declension ==== Genitive plural: Ulad ==== Descendants ==== Irish: Ulaidh Manx: Ullee Scottish Gaelic: Ulaidh ==== See also ==== Connachta Laigin Mumu === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Ulaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Old Irish == === Alternative forms === Ulaith === Etymology === Probably identical to Ancient Greek Ούολουντιοι (Oúolountioi), Ούλουτοι (Oúloutoi), mentioned by Ptolemy. Probably ultimately from ul (“beard”). More at Ulaid. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈu.ləðʲ/ (Blasse) [ˈu.lɪðʲ] (Griffith) [ˈu.lɨðʲ] === Proper noun === Ulaid m pl Ulstermen (plural only) Ulster (a province of Ireland) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Irish: UlaidIrish: UlaidhManx: UlleeScottish Gaelic: Ulaidh →⇒ Latin: Ultōnia → Old Norse: Uladztir, Ulaztir→ English: Ulster ==== See also ==== Connachta Laigin Mumu === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Ulaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language