uige

uige

Irish

Alternative forms

• aigdhe
• aige

Noun

uige f (genitive singular uige, nominative plural uigí)

1. 1. woven fabric, web

      Proverb:

      Gach uige mar a hábhar. ― Like father like son.

   2. thin, transparent, fabric; tissue, gauze
   3. (technical) web
2. (literary) composition, poem

Declension

Declension of uige

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative uige uigí Vocative a uige a uigí Genitive uige uigí Dative uige uigí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an uige na huigí Genitive na huige na n-uigí Dative leis an uige don uige leis na huigí

Synonyms

• (web): uige cheangail

Derived terms

• uigeach (“web-like, textured; gauzy”, adjective)
• uigeacht ithreach f (“soil texture”)
• uige chadáis f (“cotton tissue”)
• uige mhiotail f (“metal gauze”)

 

Mutation

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

References

• "uige" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.