uachtar

See also: úachtar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úachtar, óchtar (whence also Scottish Gaelic uachdar and Manx eaghtyr), from Proto-Celtic *ouxsterom, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewp-s- (“high”). Akin to Irish and Scottish Gaelic uasal, Welsh uchel and uthr, Breton uhel. Cognate to Ancient Greek ὕψος (húpsos, “height”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈuəxt̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

uachtar m (genitive singular uachtair, nominative plural uachtair)

top, upper part
1. summit
2. surface
3. cream (milk)
(geography) southern part

Declension

Declension of uachtar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	uachtar	uachtair
Vocative	a uachtair	a uachtara
Genitive	uachtair	uachtar
Dative	uachtar	uachtair

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-uachtar	na huachtair
Genitive	an uachtair	na n-uachtar
Dative	leis an uachtar don uachtar	leis na huachtair

Derived terms

béal uachtair (“upper lip”)
cáis uachtair (“cream cheese”)
cleith uachtair (“gaff”) (of sail)
crúiscín uachtair (“cream-jug”)
rigín uachtair, ualach uachtair (“top gear, top-hamper”)
uachtarach (“upper, top; higher, superior”)
uachtar aghaidhe lae (“day cream”)
uachtarán (“president; headmaster”)
uachtar bearrtha (“shaving cream”)
uachtar coipthe (“whipped cream”)
uachtar doirte (“pouring cream”)
uachtar dúbailte (“double cream”)
uachtar fuar (“cold cream”)
uachtar géar (“sour cream”)
uachtar glantach (“cleansing cream”)
uachtar gréine (“suncream”)
uachtar ime (“buttercream”)
uachtar inchoipthe (“whipping cream”)
uachtarlann (“dairy, creamery”)
uachtar reoite (“ice cream”)
uachtar sailéid (“salad cream”)
uachtar singil (“single cream”)
uachtar téachta (“clotted cream”)
uachtar uiscí (“aqueous cream”)
uiscí uachtair (“head-water(s)”)

Mutation

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