adhfhuaire

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish adúaire f (“intense cold”), from ad- + úaire, fúaire f (“coldness, cold”) (modern fuaire).

Noun

adhfhuaire f (genitive singular adhfhuaire)

1. extreme coldness

Declension

Declension of adhfhuaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative adhfhuaire Vocative a adhfhuaire Genitive adhfhuaire Dative adhfhuaire

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an adhfhuaire Genitive na hadhfhuaire Dative leis an adhfhuaire don adhfhuaire

Related terms

• adhfhuar (“very cold”, adjective)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

adhfhuaire

1. inflection of adhfhuar:
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhfhuaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “adúaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language