úathbás

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• úathfás

Etymology

úath (“horror”) +‎ bás (“death”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːa̯θvaːs/

Noun

úathbás n or m

1. horror, terror
   • The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel

     becc náchimrala húathbás oc imchaisin in trír sin

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

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Descendants

• Irish: uafás
• Scottish Gaelic: uabhas

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
úathbás (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-úathbás
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úathbás, úathfás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language