uafás

uafás

Irish

Alternative forms

• uathbhás (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish úathbás (“horror, terror”), from úath (“fear, horror, terror”) (modern fuath) + bás (“death”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /uəˈfˠɑːsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈuːhɑːsˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈuːɑːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈuːhasˠ/[1]

Noun

uafás m (genitive singular uafáis, nominative plural uafáis)

1. horror, terror
2. astonishment, cause of astonishment
3. vast or astonishing number or amount

Declension

Declension of uafás

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative uafás uafáis Vocative a uafáis a uafása Genitive uafáis uafás Dative uafás uafáis

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-uafás na huafáis Genitive an uafáis na n-uafás Dative leis an uafás don uafás leis na huafáis

Derived terms

• uafásach (“horrible, terrible; vast, astonishing”)

Related terms

• bás (“death”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uafás	n-uafás	huafás	t-uafás
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “uaṫḃás”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “uafás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• "uafás" in An Foclóir Beag, An Gúm, 1991, by Ó Dónaill and Ua Maoileoin.
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “úathbás, úathfás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 28