adhfhuafaireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• adhfhúathmaireachd, adhfhuathmharacht, adhuathmhaireacht, adhuathmairecht, adhuathmhuireacht, adhuathmuracht, aduathmhairecht, athfhuathmhaireachd, athfuathmairecht (obsolete)
• adhfhuathmhaireacht (superseded)

Etymology

From adhfhuafar (“horrible, abominable”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

adhfhuafaireacht f (genitive singular adhfhuafaireachta)

1. horror, abomination

   Synonym: adhfhuathmhaire

Declension

Declension of adhfhuafaireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative adhfhuafaireacht Vocative a adhfhuafaireacht Genitive adhfhuafaireachta Dative adhfhuafaireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an adhfhuafaireacht Genitive na hadhfhuafaireachta Dative leis an adhfhuafaireacht don adhfhuafaireacht

Related terms

• adhfhuafar (“horrible, abominable”, adjective)
• adhfhuathaigh (“dread, abhor”, verb)
• adhfhuath m (“horror”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhfhuafaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “adúathmairecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adhfhuafaireacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “adhfhuafaireacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024