uath

See also: uath-, úath, and fuath

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish úath (“fear, horror, terror; a horrible or terrible thing, horrible creature, spectre, phantom”).

Noun

uath m (genitive singular uatha)

(literary) horrible thing, horror

Declension

Declension of uath

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	uath
Vocative	a uath
Genitive	uatha
Dative	uath

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an t-uath
Genitive	an uatha
Dative	leis an uath don uath

Etymology 2

From Old Irish úath (“whitethorn; the name of the letter H”).

Noun

uath m (genitive singular uatha, nominative plural uatha)

(literary) whitethorn
name of the Ogham letter ᚆ (h)

Declension

Declension of uath

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	uath	uatha
Vocative	a uath	a uatha
Genitive	uatha	uath
Dative	uath	uatha

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-uath	na huatha
Genitive	an uatha	na n-uath
Dative	leis an uath don uath	leis na huatha

Synonyms

(whitethorn): sceach

Etymology 3

Noun

uath m (genitive singular uatha, nominative plural uathanna)

Alternative form of fuath (“form, shape; phantom, spectre”)

Declension

Declension of uath

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	uath	uathanna
Vocative	a uath	a uathanna
Genitive	uatha	uathanna
Dative	uath	uathanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-uath	na huathanna
Genitive	an uatha	na n-uathanna
Dative	leis an uath don uath	leis na huathanna

Etymology 4

Noun

uath m (genitive singular uatha)

Alternative form of fuath (“hate, hatred”)

Declension

Declension of uath

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	uath
Vocative	a uath
Genitive	uatha
Dative	uath

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an t-uath
Genitive	an uatha
Dative	leis an uath don uath

Etymology 5

Adjective

uath

Alternative form of uafar (“dreadful, horrible”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uath	n-uath	huath	t-uath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"uath" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 úath”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “3 úath”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
“uath” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.

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