uafás
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish úathbás (“horror, terror”),[1] from Old Irish úath (“fear, horror, terror”) (modern fuath) + bás (“death”).
Pronunciation
Noun
uafás m (genitive singular uafáis, nominative plural uafáis)
- horror, terror
- astonishment, cause of astonishment
- vast or astonishing number or amount
Declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Declension of uafás
Derived terms
- uafásach (“horrible, terrible; vast, astonishing”)
Related terms
- bás (“death”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| uafás | n-uafás | huafás | t-uafás |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úathbás, úathfás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 28
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 86
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “uaṫḃás”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 772
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uafás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall, Ua Maoileoin, Pádraig (1991) “uafás”, in An Foclóir Beag (in Irish), Dublin: An Gúm
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