ulcha

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ulcha, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pulu- (“hair”).

Noun

ulcha f (genitive singular ulcha, nominative plural ulchaí)

1. beard

Declension

Declension of ulcha

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ulcha ulchaí Vocative a ulcha a ulchaí Genitive ulcha ulchaí Dative ulcha ulchaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ulcha na hulchaí Genitive na hulcha na n-ulchaí Dative leis an ulcha don ulcha leis na hulchaí

Synonyms

• féasóg
• meigeall

Mutation

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

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pulu- (“hair”). Cognate with Latin pilus.

Noun

ulcha f

1. beard

Declension

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ulchaeL	ulchaiL	ulchai
Vocative	ulchaeL	ulchaiL	ulchai
Accusative	ulchaiN	ulchaiL	ulchai
Genitive	ulchae	ulchaeL	ulchaeN
Dative	ulchaiL	ulchaib	ulchaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ulcha (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-ulcha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ulcha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language