From Middle Irish adúathmar, adḟúathmar (“very awful, terrible”), from adúath (“great dread, horror; monster”) + -mar. By surface analysis, adhfhuath (“horror”) + -mhar.
adhfhuafar (genitive singular masculine adhfhuafair, genitive singular feminine adhfhuafaire, plural adhfhuafara, comparative adhfhuafaire)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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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 |
radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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adhfhuafar | n-adhfhuafar | hadhfhuafar | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.