adhfhuathmhaire
Irish
Alternative forms
- adhuathmhaire
Etymology
From Old Irish adúathmaire f (“great dreadfulness”), from adúathmar (“very awful, terrible”) (modern adhfhuafar).
Noun
adhfhuathmhaire f (genitive singular adhfhuathmhaire)
- Synonym of adhfhuafaireacht (“horror, abomination”)
Declension
Declension of adhfhuathmhaire
Fourth declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
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Related terms
- adhfhuafar (“horrible, abominable”, adjective)
- adhfhuath m (“horror”)
- adhfhuathaigh (“dread, abhor”, verb)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| adhfhuathmhaire | n-adhfhuathmhaire | hadhfhuathmhaire | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "adhfhuathmhaire" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “adúathmaire”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN