uath

See also: uath-, úath, and fuath

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uə(h)/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish úath (fear, horror, terror; a horrible or terrible thing, horrible creature, spectre, phantom). Doublet of fuath (hatred).

Noun

uath m (genitive singular uatha)

  1. (literary) horrible thing, horror
Declension

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 (h)
Declension
Synonyms

Noun

uath m (genitive singular uatha, nominative plural uathanna)

  1. Alternative form of fuath (form, shape; phantom, spectre)
Declension

Noun

uath m (genitive singular uatha)

  1. Alternative form of fuath (hate, hatred)
Declension

Adjective

uath

  1. Alternative form of uafar (dreadful, horrible)

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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

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

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
uathn-uathh-uatht-uath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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