úachtar

See also: uachtar

Old Irish

Compare Ancient Greek ὑψηλός (hupsēlós, “high”), αὐξω (auxō, “increase”); Latin augeo (“I increase”), vigeo (“I am strong”).

úachtar n

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	úachtar^N	úachtar^N	úachtar^L, úachtara
Vocative	úachtar^N	úachtar^N	úachtar^L, úachtara
Accusative	úachtar^N	úachtar^N	úachtar^L, úachtara
Genitive	úachtair^L	úachtar	úachtar^N
Dative	úachtur^L	úachtaraib	úachtaraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Irish: uachtar
Manx: eaghtyr
Scottish Gaelic: uachdar
⇒ Middle Irish: úachtarán
- Irish: uachtarán
- Manx: eaghtyrane
- Scottish Gaelic: uachdaran

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
úachtar	unchanged	n-úachtar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 úachtar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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