uatha

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish úathad, óthad, úaithed (“a small number, a few; the singular number”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewtos.

Adjective

uatha (invariable)

1. (grammar) singular

Coordinate terms

• iolra (“plural”)

Noun

uatha m (genitive singular uatha, nominative plural uathaí)

1. (grammar) singular

Declension

Declension of uatha

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative uatha uathaí Vocative a uatha a uathaí Genitive uatha uathaí Dative uatha uathaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-uatha na huathaí Genitive an uatha na n-uathaí Dative leis an uatha don uatha leis na huathaí

Coordinate terms

• iolra (“plural”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

uatha m

1. inflection of uath:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Pronoun

uatha (emphatic uathasan)

1. Superseded spelling of uathu (“from them”).

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uatha	n-uatha	huatha	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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