adhfhuafaireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• adhfhúathmaireachd, adhfhuathmharacht, adhuathmhaireacht, adhuathmairecht, adhuathmhuireacht, adhuathmuracht, aduathmhairecht, athfhuathmhaireachd, athfuathmairecht (obsolete)
• adhfhuathmhaireacht (superseded)

Etymology

From adhfhuafar (“horrible, abominable”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

adhfhuafaireacht f (genitive singular adhfhuafaireachta)

1. horror, abomination

   Synonym: adhfhuathmhaire

Declension

Declension of adhfhuafaireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative adhfhuafaireacht vocative a adhfhuafaireacht genitive adhfhuafaireachta dative adhfhuafaireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an adhfhuafaireacht genitive na hadhfhuafaireachta dative leis an adhfhuafaireacht don adhfhuafaireacht

Related terms

• adhfhuafar (“horrible, abominable”, adjective)
• adhfhuathaigh (“dread, abhor”, verb)
• adhfhuath m (“horror”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhfhuafaireacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhfhuafaireacht	n-adhfhuafaireacht	hadhfhuafaireacht	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhfhuafaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “adúathmairecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adhfhuafaireacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “adhfhuafaireacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025