uath

See also: uath-, úath, and fuath

Irish

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. (literary) horrible thing, horror

Declension

Declension of uath

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative uath Vocative a uath Genitive uatha Dative uath

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-uath Genitive an uatha Dative leis an uath don uath

Etymology 2

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

Noun

uath m (genitive singular uatha, nominative plural uatha)

1. (literary) whitethorn
2. name of the Ogham letter ᚆ (h)

Declension

Declension of uath

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative uath uatha Vocative a uath a uatha Genitive uatha uath Dative uath uatha

Forms with the definite article: Case 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

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: Case Singular Plural Nominative uath uathanna Vocative a uath a uathanna Genitive uatha uathanna Dative uath uathanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-uath na huathanna Genitive an uatha na n-uathanna Dative leis an uath don uath leis na huathanna

Etymology 4

Noun

uath m (genitive singular uatha)

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

Declension

Declension of uath

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative uath Vocative a uath Genitive uatha Dative uath

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-uath Genitive an uatha Dative leis an uath don uath

Etymology 5

Adjective

uath

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• "uath" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 úath” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “3 úath” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “uath” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.