uafás

Irish

Alternative forms

• uathbhás (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish úathbás (“horror, terror”), from Old Irish úath (“fear, horror, terror”) (modern fuath) + bás (“death”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /uəˈfˠɑːsˠ/, /uːˈfˠɑːsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈuːhɑːsˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈuːɑːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈuːhasˠ/

Noun

uafás m (genitive singular uafáis, nominative plural uafáis)

1. horror, terror
2. astonishment, cause of astonishment
3. vast or astonishing number or amount

Declension

Declension of uafás (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative uafás uafáis vocative a uafáis a uafása genitive uafáis uafás dative uafás uafáis forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-uafás na huafáis genitive an uafáis na n-uafás dative leis an uafás don uafás leis na huafáis

Derived terms

• uafásach (“horrible, terrible; vast, astonishing”)

Related terms

• bás (“death”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of uafás

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uafás	n-uafás	huafás	t-uafás

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “uaṫḃás”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 772
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uafás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall, Ua Maoileoin, Pádraig (1991) “uafás”, in An Foclóir Beag (in Irish), Dublin: An Gúm