uafásach

Irish

Alternative forms

uathbhásach (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish úathbásach (“terrible, horrible; shocking, dreadful”). By surface analysis, uafás (“horror, terror”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈuːhɑːsˠəx/
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈuːɑːsˠəx/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈuhæsˠa(h)/

Adjective

uafásach (genitive singular masculine uafásaigh, genitive singular feminine uafásaí, plural uafásacha, comparative uafásaí)

horrible, terrible, dreadful
vast, astonishing

Declension

Declension of *uafásach*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	uafásach	uafásach	uafásacha
vocative	uafásaigh	uafásach	uafásacha
genitive	uafásaigh	uafásaí	uafásacha	uafásach
dative	uafásach	uafásach; uafásaigh (archaic)	uafásacha
Comparative	níos uafásaí
Superlative	is uafásaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of *uafásach*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uafásach	n-uafásach	huafásach	not applicable

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

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uafásach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “uaṫḃásaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 772
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úathbásach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language