úath
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uːa̯θ/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *ɸowtus, from Proto-Indo-European *pew- (“to fear”).
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Noun
úath ?
- whitethorn
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 1278
- ūath .i. scē (v.l. sceach), ar imat a delg
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 1278
- name of the Ogham letter ᚆ (h)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 3
From úathad
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Irish: uath-
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
úath | unchanged | n-úath |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “1 úath (‘fear, horror’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “3 úath (‘whitethorn’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “5 úath (‘small number, few’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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