adhfhuath
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish adúath, adḟúath (“great dread, horror; monster”), from ad- + úath (“fear, horror, terror; a horrible or terrible thing”).
Declension
Declension of adhfhuath
Third declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms
- adhfhuafaireacht f, adhfhuathmhaire f (“horror, abomination”)
- adhfhuafar (“horrible, abominable”, adjective)
- adhfhuathaigh (“dread, abhor”, verb)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| adhfhuath | n-adhfhuath | hadhfhuath | t-adhfhuath |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhfhuath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “adúath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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