úath

See also: uath, fuath, and uath-

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːa̯θ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *ɸowtus, from Proto-Indo-European *pew- (“to fear”).

Noun

úath ?

1. fear, horror, terror
2. a horrible or terrible thing

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• adúath, adfúath
• úathmar (“horrible”)
• úathbás (“horror”)

Descendants

• Middle Irish: uath (“horrible thing, horror”)
  • Irish: uath
• Middle Irish: fúath (“hatred”)
  • Irish: fuath
  • Scottish Gaelic: fuath

Etymology 2

Noun

úath ?

1. whitethorn
   • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 1278

     ūath .i. scē (v.l. sceach), ar imat a delg

2. name of the Ogham letter ᚆ (h)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 3

From úathad

Noun

úath ?

1. a small number, a few

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: uath-

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
úath	unchanged	n-úath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “1 úath (‘fear, horror’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “3 úath (‘whitethorn’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “5 úath (‘small number, few’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.