nuadh

Irish

Adjective

nuadh (genitive singular masculine nuaidh, genitive singular feminine nuaidhe, plural nuadha, comparative nuaidhe)

1. Obsolete spelling of nua.

Declension

Declension of nuadh

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	nuadh	nuadh	nuadha
vocative	nuaidh		nuadha
genitive		nuaidhe	strong noun	weak noun
			nuadha	nuadh
dative	nuadh	nuadh; nuaidh (archaic)	nuadha
Comparative	níos nuaidhe
Superlative	is nuaidhe

Noun

nuadh m (genitive singular nuaidh)

1. Obsolete spelling of nua.

Declension

Declension of nuadh (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative nuadh vocative a nuaidh genitive nuaidh dative nuadh forms with the definite article case singular nominative an nuadh genitive an nuaidh dative leis an nuadh don nuadh

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nuadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish núa, from Old Irish nuae (compare Irish nua, Manx noa), from Proto-Celtic *nowiyos (compare Welsh newydd, Breton nevez), from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos (“new”).

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠũãɣ/

Adjective

nuadh

1. new, fresh

Declension

Declension of nuadh (type I adjective)

	masculine	feminine	plural
nominative	nuadh	nuadh	nuadha
genitive	nuaidh	nuaidhe	nuadha
dative	nuadh	nuaidh	nuadha
vocative	nuaidh	nuadh	nuadha

Synonyms

• ùr

Derived terms

• ath-nuadhachail (“renew”)
• Tiomnadh Nuadh (“New Testament”)
• Alba Nuadh (“Nova Scotia”)
• Eabhraig Nuadh (“New York”)

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “nuadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN