ualach

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Irish

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Perhaps from the rare and obsolete uala (shoulder), apparently a byform of guala (now gualainn).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ualach m (genitive singular ualaigh, nominative plural ualaí)

  1. a burden, load
    • 2007 February 8, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, “Sláinte”, in Irish Aid[1], retrieved 2012-10-02:
      Is ar na bochtáin, go háirithe i dtíortha ina bhfuil daoine ar ioncam íseal, atá an t-ualach is mó maidir le breoiteacht agus le drochshláinte, agus is acusan atá an rochtain is lú ar sheirbhísí cúraim shláinte agus is lú atá in ann déileáil le tionchar an tinnis agus teacht as.
      The poor, and especially those in low-income countries, bear the highest burden of sickness and ill health, have the least access to health care services, and are least equipped to cope with and recover from the impact of illness. (original from which above was translated)

Declension

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Mutation

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

Further reading

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