uafásach
Irish
Alternative forms
- uathbhásach (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish úathbásach (“terrible, horrible; shocking, dreadful”). By surface analysis, uafás (“horror, terror”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈuːhɑːsˠəx/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈuːɑːsˠəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈuhæsˠa(h)/
Adjective
uafásach (genitive singular masculine uafásaigh, genitive singular feminine uafásaí, plural uafásacha, comparative uafásaí)
Declension
Declension of uafásach
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| uafásach | n-uafásach | huafásach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uafásach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “uaṫḃásaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 772
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “úathbásach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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