ucht

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish ucht (“breast”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸextus, from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”) (compare Latin pectus). === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /uxt̪ˠ/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /oxt̪ˠ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɞxt̪ˠ/ Homophone: ocht (Connacht) === Noun === ucht m (genitive singular uchta, nominative plural uchtanna) chest breast, bosom lap ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “uċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1288; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ucht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *ɸuxtu, of uncertain further etymology. It can be related to Latin pectus (“breast”), but it requires that the Celtic form contain an irregular assimilation of the first vowel from *e to *u. Alternatively, it can be connected to Latvian pups (“teat, nipple”), but Matasović declares this less probable. === Noun === ucht n or m breast, bosom ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Irish: ucht Irish: ucht Manx: ught Scottish Gaelic: uchd === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ucht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language