ubh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish og, from Proto-Celtic *āuyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uː/, /uvˠ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ɔvˠ/

Noun

ubh f or m (genitive singular uibhe or uibh, nominative plural uibheacha or uibhe)

  1. (biology, zoology) egg

Usage notes

This word is normally feminine and follows the second declension, as shown in the first table above. The archaic masculine declension shown in the second table above is used especially in place names (e.g., Gort na n-Ubh (Gortnanuv), Co. Limerick, Munster).

Declension
Declension of ubh

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ubh uibheacha
Vocative a ubh a uibheacha
Genitive uibhe uibheacha
Dative ubh uibheacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ubh na huibheacha
Genitive na huibhe na n-uibheacha
Dative leis an ubh

don ubh

 leis na huibheacha
Archaic masculine declension
Declension of ubh

Irregular

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ubh uibhe
Vocative a ubh a uibhe
Genitive uibh ubh
Dative ubh uibhe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-ubh na huibhe
Genitive an uibh na n-ubh
Dative leis an ubh

don ubh

 leis na huibhe

Derived terms
  • blaosc uibhe f (“eggshell”)
  • gealacán uibhe m (“egg white, albumen”)
  • ubhach (“oval”, adjective)
  • ubhaducht m (“oviduct”)
  • ubhagán m (“ovary”)
  • ubhán m (“ovum”)
  • ubh-bheobhreitheach (“ovoviviparous”, adjective)
  • ubh-bhreitheach (“oviparous”, adjective)
  • ubhchruth m (“oval”)
  • ubhchruthach (“egg-shaped, oval”, adjective)
  • ubhchupán m (“egg-cup”)
  • ubhlonnaitheoir m (“ovipositor”)
  • ubhsceith (“ovulate”, verb)
  • ubhsceitheadh m (“ovulation”)
  • ubhthoradh m (“eggplant”)
  • uibheagán m (“omelette”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ubh n-ubh hubh t-ubh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "ubh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 207.
  • “1 og” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “ubh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “ubh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

ubh m (genitive singular uibhe, plural uibhean)

  1. Alternative spelling of ugh

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ubhn-ubhh-ubht-ubh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly, The Illustrated Gaelic Dictionary, 1902, p. 989.
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