únfairt
Irish
Alternative forms
- ionfairt, unfairt, únfartach, únfartaíl, únthairt, uthairt)
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʊxəɾˠtʲ/[1] (corresponding to the spelling uthairt)
Noun
únfairt f (genitive singular únfairte)
- (act of) rolling around, wallowing (acting as a verbal noun for a verb with no finite forms)
Declension
Declension of únfairt
Second declension
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Derived terms
- únfairteach
- únfartálaí
Further reading
- “únfairt” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “únfairt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “unfairt” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 778.
- "únfairt" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 20