uatha
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish úathad, óthad, úaithed (“a small number, a few; the singular number”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewtos.
Adjective edit
uatha (invariable)
Coordinate terms edit
- iolra (“plural”)
Noun edit
uatha m (genitive singular uatha, nominative plural uathaí)
Declension edit
Declension of uatha
Coordinate terms edit
- iolra (“plural”)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
uatha m
Pronoun edit
uatha (emphatic uathasan)
- Superseded spelling of uathu (“from them”).
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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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 edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uatha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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