fuacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úacht, ócht. The f- arose from a reinterpretation of uacht as fhuacht in lenition environments.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /fˠuəxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /fˠiəxt̪ˠ/

Noun

fuacht m (genitive singular fuachta)

1. cold
2. chill
3. apathy

Declension

Declension of fuacht

Third declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fuacht Genitive an fhuachta Dative leis an bhfuacht don fhuacht

Derived terms

• fionnuacht
• fuachtán

Related terms

• fuar

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fuacht	fhuacht	bhfuacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fuacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fuacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024