uafás

Irish

Alternative forms

• uathbhás (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish úathbás (“horror, terror”), from Old Irish úath (“fear, horror, terror”) (modern fuath) + bás (“death”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /uəˈfˠɑːsˠ/, /uːˈfˠɑːsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈuːhɑːsˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈuːɑːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈuːhasˠ/

Noun

uafás m (genitive singular uafáis, nominative plural uafáis)

1. horror, terror
2. astonishment, cause of astonishment
3. vast or astonishing number or amount

Declension

Declension of uafás

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative uafás uafáis Vocative a uafáis a uafása Genitive uafáis uafás Dative uafás uafáis

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-uafás na huafáis Genitive an uafáis na n-uafás Dative leis an uafás don uafás leis na huafáis

Derived terms

• uafásach (“horrible, terrible; vast, astonishing”)

Related terms

• bás (“death”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “uaṫḃás”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 772
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uafás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall, Ua Maoileoin, Pádraig (1991) “uafás”, in An Foclóir Beag (in Irish), Dublin: An Gúm