adhfhuar
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish adúar, adḟúar (“very cold”), from ad + úar (“cold”) (modern fuar).
Adjective
adhfhuar (genitive singular masculine adhfhuair, genitive singular feminine adhfhuaire, plural adhfhuara, comparative adhfhuaire)
- very cold
Declension
Declension of adhfhuar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | adhfhuar | adhfhuar | adhfhuara | |
| Vocative | adhfhuair | adhfhuara | ||
| Genitive | adhfhuaire | adhfhuara | adhfhuar | |
| Dative | adhfhuar | adhfhuar; adhfhuair (archaic) | adhfhuara | |
| Comparative | níos adhfhuaire | |||
| Superlative | is adhfhuaire | |||
Related terms
- adhfhuaire f (“extreme coldness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| adhfhuar | n-adhfhuar | hadhfhuar | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "adhfhuar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “adúar”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN