uafásach
Irish
Alternative forms
- uathbhásach (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish úathbásach (“terrible, horrible; shocking, dreadful”); synchronically, uafás (“horror, terror; (cause of) astonishment; vast, astonishing, number or amount”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈuːhɑːsˠəx/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈuːɑːsˠəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈuhæsˠa(h)/
Adjective
uafásach (genitive singular masculine uafásaigh, genitive singular feminine uafásaí, plural uafásacha, comparative uafásaí)
Declension
Declension of uafásach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | uafásach | uafásach | uafásacha | |
| Vocative | uafásaigh | uafásacha | ||
| Genitive | uafásaí | uafásacha | uafásach | |
| Dative | uafásach | uafásach; uafásaigh (archaic) |
uafásacha | |
| Comparative | níos uafásaí | |||
| Superlative | is uafásaí | |||
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| uafásach | n-uafásach | huafásach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "uafásach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “uaṫḃásaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “úathbásach”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
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