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

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	nuadh	nuadh	nuadha
vocative	nuaidh		nuadha
genitive		nuaidhe	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 *nowyos (compare Welsh newydd, Breton nevez), from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos (“new”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nuəɣ]

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”)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “nuadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “núa, núae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language