uath

See also: uath-, úath, and fuath

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uə(h)/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish úath (“fear”). Doublet of fuath (“hatred”)).

Noun

uath m (genitive singular uatha)

1. (literary) horrible thing, horror

Declension

Declension of uath (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative uath vocative a uath genitive uatha dative uath forms with the definite article singular nominative an t-uath genitive an uatha dative leis an uath don uath

Etymology 2

From Old Irish whitethorn.

Noun

uath m (genitive singular uatha, nominative plural uatha)

1. (literary) whitethorn, Crataegus monogyna

Declension

Declension of uath (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative uath uatha vocative a uath a uatha genitive uatha uath dative uath uatha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-uath na huatha genitive an uatha na n-uath dative leis an uath don uath leis na huatha

Synonyms

• (whitethorn): sceach

Etymology 3

From Old Irish the name of the letter H.

Noun

uath m (genitive singular uatha, nominative plural uatha)

1. name of the Ogham letter ᚆ (h)

Declension

Declension of uath (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative uath uatha vocative a uath a uatha genitive uatha uath dative uath uatha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-uath na huatha genitive an uatha na n-uath dative leis an uath don uath leis na huatha

Synonyms

• (whitethorn): sceach

Etymology 4

Noun

uath m (genitive singular uatha, nominative plural uathanna)

1. alternative form of fuath (“form, shape; phantom, spectre”)

Declension

Declension of uath (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative uath uathanna vocative a uath a uathanna genitive uatha uathanna dative uath uathanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-uath na huathanna genitive an uatha na n-uathanna dative leis an uath don uath leis na huathanna

Etymology 5

Noun

uath m (genitive singular uatha)

1. alternative form of fuath (“hate, hatred”)

Declension

Declension of uath (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative uath vocative a uath genitive uatha dative uath forms with the definite article singular nominative an t-uath genitive an uatha dative leis an uath don uath

Etymology 6

Adjective

uath

1. alternative form of uafar (“dreadful, horrible”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of uath

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uath	n-uath	huath	t-uath

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), “uath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “uaṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 772

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uəh/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish úath (“fear, horror, terror; a horrible or terrible thing, horrible creature, spectre, phantom”).

Noun

uath m (genitive singular uatha)

1. dread, terror

Etymology 2

From Old Irish úath (“whitethorn; the name of the letter H”).

Noun

uath m (genitive singular uatha, plural uathan)

1. (archaic) hawthorn
2. (obsolete) the letter H in the Gaelic alphabet

Mutation

Mutation of uath

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uath	n-uath	h-uath	t-uath

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

Further reading

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