See also: uath-, úath, and fuath

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish úath (fear, horror, terror; a horrible or terrible thing, horrible creature, spectre, phantom). Doublet of fuath (hatred).

Noun

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uath m (genitive singular uatha)

  1. (literary) horrible thing, horror
Declension
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Declension of uath (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative uath
vocative a uath
genitive uatha
dative uath
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an t-uath
genitive an uatha
dative leis an uath
don uath

Etymology 2

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From Old Irish úath (whitethorn; the name of the letter H).

Noun

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uath m (genitive singular uatha, nominative plural uatha)

  1. (literary) whitethorn
  2. name of the Ogham letter (h)
Declension
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Declension of uath (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative uath uatha
vocative a uath a uatha
genitive uatha uath
dative uath uatha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-uath na huatha
genitive an uatha na n-uath
dative leis an uath
don uath
leis na huatha
Synonyms
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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uath m (genitive singular uatha, nominative plural uathanna)

  1. Alternative form of fuath (form, shape; phantom, spectre)
Declension
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Declension of uath (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative uath uathanna
vocative a uath a uathanna
genitive uatha uathanna
dative uath uathanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-uath na huathanna
genitive an uatha na n-uathanna
dative leis an uath
don uath
leis na huathanna

Etymology 4

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Noun

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uath m (genitive singular uatha)

  1. Alternative form of fuath (hate, hatred)
Declension
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Declension of uath (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative uath
vocative a uath
genitive uatha
dative uath
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an t-uath
genitive an uatha
dative leis an uath
don uath

Etymology 5

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Adjective

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uath

  1. Alternative form of uafar (dreadful, horrible)

Mutation

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Mutated forms of uath
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uath n-uath huath t-uath

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish úath (fear, horror, terror; a horrible or terrible thing, horrible creature, spectre, phantom).

Noun

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uath m (genitive singular uatha)

  1. dread, terror

Etymology 2

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From Old Irish úath (whitethorn; the name of the letter H).

Noun

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uath m (genitive singular uatha, plural uathan)

  1. (archaic) hawthorn
  2. (obsolete) the letter H in the Gaelic alphabet

Mutation

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Mutation of uath
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uath n-uath h-uath t-uath

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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