afost

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• afast, ofaz

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אוּפָז (ʾûp̄āz, “Uphaz”), a region mentioned in the Bible as famous for its gold.

Noun

afost m

1. gold

   Synonym: ór

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “afost”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language