uath
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish úath (“fear, horror, terror; a horrible or terrible thing, horrible creature, spectre, phantom”). Doublet of fuath (“hatred”).
Noun edit
uath m (genitive singular uatha)
Declension edit
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish úath (“whitethorn; the name of the letter H”).
Noun edit
uath m (genitive singular uatha, nominative plural uatha)
- (literary) whitethorn
- name of the Ogham letter ᚆ (h)
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
- (whitethorn): sceach
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
uath m (genitive singular uatha, nominative plural uathanna)
- Alternative form of fuath (“form, shape; phantom, spectre”)
Declension edit
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Etymology 4 edit
Noun edit
uath m (genitive singular uatha)
- Alternative form of fuath (“hate, hatred”)
Declension edit
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Etymology 5 edit
Adjective edit
uath
- Alternative form of uafar (“dreadful, horrible”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
uath | n-uath | huath | t-uath |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 úath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “3 úath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “uaṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 772
Scottish Gaelic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish úath (“fear, horror, terror; a horrible or terrible thing, horrible creature, spectre, phantom”).
Noun edit
uath m (genitive singular uatha)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish úath (“whitethorn; the name of the letter H”).
Noun edit
uath m (genitive singular uatha, plural uathan)
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
uath | n-uath | h-uath | t-uath |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “uath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language