fuacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úacht, ócht. The f- arose from a reinterpretation of uacht as fhuacht in lenition environments.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /fˠuəxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /fˠiəxt̪ˠ/

Noun

fuacht m (genitive singular fuachta)

1. cold
2. chill
3. apathy

Declension

Declension of fuacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative fuacht vocative a fhuacht genitive fuachta dative fuacht forms with the definite article singular nominative an fuacht genitive an fhuachta dative leis an bhfuacht don fhuacht

Derived terms

• fionnuacht
• fuachtán

Related terms

• fuar

Mutation

Mutated forms of fuacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fuacht	fhuacht	bhfuacht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fuacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fuacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025