uafás
Irish
Alternative forms
- uathbhás (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish úathbás (“horror, terror”), from úath (“fear, horror, terror”) (modern fuath) + bás (“death”).
Pronunciation
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈuːhɑːsˠ/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈuːɑːsˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈuhæsˠ/
Noun
uafás m (genitive singular uafáis, nominative plural uafáis)
- horror, terror
- astonishment, cause of astonishment
- vast or astonishing number or amount
Declension
Declension of uafás
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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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
- “uaṫḃás” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "uafás" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- "uafás" in An Foclóir Beag, An Gúm, 1991, by Ó Dónaill and Ua Maoileoin.
- “úathbás, úathfás” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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