fuath
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fˠuə/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish fúath, úath (“likeness, form, semblance; a hideous or supernatural form, a spectre, apparition, monster”).
Declension
Declension of fuath
Third declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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- Alternative declension
Declension of fuath
Third declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Etymology 2
From Middle Irish fúath (“hatred, abhorrence”), from Old Irish úath (“horror”).
Noun
fuath m (genitive singular fuatha)
Declension
Declension of fuath
Third declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- fuafar, fuathúil (“hateful, hideous, odious”, adjective)
- fuathaigh (“hate”, transitive verb)
- fuath an mhadra m (“wolf’s bane”)
- fuath gorm m (“woody nightshade, bittersweet”)
- is fuath le (“hate”, verb)
- tabhair fuath do (“to turn against, forsake, come to dislike”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fuath | fhuath | bhfuath |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "fuath" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 fúath” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “1 úath” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish fúath (“hatred, abhorrence”), from Old Irish úath (“horror”).
Noun
Derived terms
- fuathaich (“hate, detest, abhor, loathe; disgust”)
- fuath bhan (“misogyny”)
- fuath-bìdh (“anorexia nervosa, food allergy”)
- fuath dhaoine (“misanthropy”)
- fuath fhir (“misandry”)
- fuath-dùinteachd
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
fuath | fhuath |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- “2 fúath” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “1 úath” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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