adhfhuafar
Irish
Alternative forms
- adhfhuathmhar, adhuathmhar
Etymology
From Middle Irish adúathmar, adḟúathmar (“very awful, terrible”), from adúath (“great dread, horror; monster”) + -mar; synchronically adhfhuath (“horror”) + -mhar.
Adjective
adhfhuafar (genitive singular masculine adhfhuafair, genitive singular feminine adhfhuafaire, plural adhfhuafara, comparative adhfhuafaire)
- horrible, abominable, macabre
Declension
Declension of adhfhuafar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | adhfhuafar | adhfhuafar | adhfhuafara | |
| Vocative | adhfhuafair | adhfhuafara | ||
| Genitive | adhfhuafare | adhfhuafara | adhfhuafar | |
| Dative | adhfhuafar | adhfhuafar; adhfhuafair (archaic) | adhfhuafara | |
| Comparative | níos adhfhuafare | |||
| Superlative | is adhfhuafare | |||
Related terms
- adhfhuafaireacht f, adhfhuathmhaire f (“horror, abomination”)
- adhfhuath m (“horror”)
- adhfhuathaigh (“dread, abhor”, verb)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| adhfhuafar | n-adhfhuafar | hadhfhuafar | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "adhfhuafar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “adúathmar”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
- “macabre” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.