Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish úathbásach (terrible, horrible; shocking, dreadful). By surface analysis, uafás (horror, terror) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

uafásach (genitive singular masculine uafásaigh, genitive singular feminine uafásaí, plural uafásacha, comparative uafásaí)

  1. horrible, terrible, dreadful
  2. vast, astonishing

Declension edit

Mutation edit

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

Further reading edit