uachais

Irish

Alternative forms

• fuachais, puachais, puathais
• fuachuis, fuathchais, puathuis, uathchais (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish fúachais.

Noun

uachais f (genitive singular uachaise, nominative plural uachaisí)

1. lair, den (of an animal)
2. burrow (tunnel or hole)

Declension

Declension of uachais (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative uachais uachaisí vocative a uachais a uachaisí genitive uachaise uachaisí dative uachais uachaisí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an uachais na huachaisí genitive na huachaise na n-uachaisí dative leis an uachais don uachais leis na huachaisí

Synonyms

• (lair, den): brocais, leaba dhearg, pluais
• (burrow): poll

Mutation

Mutated forms of uachais

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uachais	n-uachais	huachais	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “uaċais”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1281; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “uachais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN