Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish úathbás (horror, terror),[1] from Old Irish úath (fear, horror, terror) (modern fuath) + bás (death).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

uafás m (genitive singular uafáis, nominative plural uafáis)

  1. horror, terror
  2. astonishment, cause of astonishment
  3. vast or astonishing number or amount

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

  • uafásach (horrible, terrible; vast, astonishing)

Related terms edit

Mutation edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “úathbás, úathfás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 28
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 86
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8

Further reading edit