uas-

See also: uas, UAs, úas, and -uas

Irish

Etymology

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Prefix

uas-

1. top, maximum, upper

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with uas-

Mutation

Mutated forms of uas-

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uas-	n-uas-	huas-	t-uas-

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) “uas-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uas-”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “uas-”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024