uafásach

Irish

Alternative forms

uathbhásach (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈuːhɑːsˠəx/
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈuːɑːsˠəx/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈuhæsˠa(h)/

Adjective

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

horrible, terrible, dreadful
vast, astonishing

Declension

Declension of uafásach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	uafásach	uafásach	uafásacha
Vocative	uafásaigh	uafásach	uafásacha
Genitive	uafásaigh	uafásaí	uafásacha	uafásach
Dative	uafásach	uafásach; uafásaigh (archaic)	uafásacha
Comparative	níos uafásaí
Superlative	is uafásaí

Mutation

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.

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uafásach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “uaṫḃásaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 772
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úathbásach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language