uchtach

== Irish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish uchtach (“breast-plate, stomacher, poitrel or breast ornament for horses”), from ucht (“breast, bosom; lap; the breast of an animal”). ==== Noun ==== uchtach m (genitive singular uchtaigh, nominative plural uchtaigh) breastplate; (ecclesiastical, pharmacy, armour) pectoral; chest-protector, plastron ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Irish uchtach (“elevation, hillock; a hill, height or steep, the front of a hill; the breast of a mountain, an acclivity”), from ucht (“breast, bosom; lap”). ==== Noun ==== uchtach m (genitive singular uchtaigh, nominative plural uchtaigh) breast of hill, upward slope, rise ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 3 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== uchtach m (genitive singular uchtaigh) courage, encouragement, hope, spirit strength of voice, vigor of speech ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== splanc uchtaigh f (“spark of courage”) === Etymology 4 === From ucht (“chest; breast, bosom”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix). ==== Adjective ==== uchtach (genitive singular masculine uchtaigh, genitive singular feminine uchtaí, plural uchtacha) pectoral ===== Declension ===== === Mutation === === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “uchtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 uchtach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 uchtach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language