uath
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Irish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish úath (“fear, horror, terror; a horrible or terrible thing, horrible creature, spectre, phantom”).
Noun[edit]
uath m (genitive singular uatha)
Declension[edit]
Declension of uath
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Irish úath (“whitethorn; the name of the letter H”).
Noun[edit]
uath m (genitive singular uatha, nominative plural uatha)
- (literary) whitethorn
- name of the Ogham letter ᚆ (h)
Declension[edit]
Declension of uath
Synonyms[edit]
- (whitethorn): sceach
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
uath m (genitive singular uatha, nominative plural uathanna)
- Alternative form of fuath (“form, shape; phantom, spectre”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of uath
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Etymology 4[edit]
Noun[edit]
uath m (genitive singular uatha)
- Alternative form of fuath (“hate, hatred”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of uath
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Etymology 5[edit]
Adjective[edit]
uath
- Alternative form of uafar (“dreadful, horrible”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
uath | n-uath | huath | t-uath |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- "uath" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 úath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “3 úath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “uath” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.