uabhar
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish úabar.
Noun
uabhar m (genitive singular uabhair)
- pride, arrogance
- wounded pride
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- spiritedness, exuberance
- (act of) frolicking; frolicksomeness
- rankness, luxuriance
- eeriness, feeling of loneliness
- open-mouthedness, astonishment
Declension
Declension of uabhar
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- aingeal an uabhair (“fallen angel”)
- anuabhar (“overweening pride”)
- peaca an uabhair (“the sin of pride”)
- uabhar na gealaí (“moon illusion”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| uabhar | n-uabhar | huabhar | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "uabhar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “úabar”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
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