adhfhuath
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish adúath, adḟúath (“great dread, horror; monster”), from ad- + úath (“fear, horror, terror; a horrible or terrible thing”).
Noun[edit]
adhfhuath m (genitive singular adhfhuatha)
Declension[edit]
Declension of adhfhuath
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms[edit]
- adhfhuafaireacht f, adhfhuathmhaire f (“horror, abomination”)
- adhfhuafar (“horrible, abominable”, adjective)
- adhfhuathaigh (“dread, abhor”, verb)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
adhfhuath | n-adhfhuath | hadhfhuath | t-adhfhuath |
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) “adhfhuath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “adúath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language