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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish fúath , úath ( “ likeness, form ” ) .[ 3]
Noun
fuath m (genitive singular fuatha , nominative plural fuathanna or fuatha )
( literary ) form , shape
phantom , spectre
Declension
Alternative declension
Etymology 2
From Middle Irish fúath ( “ hatred, abhorrence ” ) , from Old Irish úath ( “ horror ” ) .[ 4] [ 5] Doublet of uath (“ horror ” ).
Noun
fuath m (genitive singular fuatha )
hate , hatred ( with do or ar + the person or thing hated )
Tá fuath agam don áit sin. ― I hate that place.
Tá fuath agam ar an áit sin. ― I hate that place.
Declension
Derived terms
fuafar ( “ hateful, hideous, odious ” , adjective ) fuath an mhadra m ( “ wolf’s bane ” ) fuath gorm m ( “ woody nightshade, bittersweet ” ) fuathaigh ( “ hate ” , transitive verb ) fuathúil ( “ hateful, hideous, odious ” , adjective ) is fuath le ( “ hate ” , verb ) tabhair fuath do ( “ to turn against, forsake, come to dislike ” )
Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical
Lenition
Eclipsis
fuath
fhuath
bhfuath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
References
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931 ) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 209 , page 105
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906 ) A Dialect of Donegal , Cambridge University Press, § 67 , page 29
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “1 fúath ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “2 fúath ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “1 úath ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish fúath ( “ hatred, abhorrence ” ) , from Old Irish úath ( “ horror ” ) .[ 1] [ 2]
Pronunciation
Noun
fuath m (genitive singular fuatha , plural fuathan )
antipathy , hate , hatred
abhorrence , loathing
enmity , odium
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “2 fúath ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “1 úath ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
Edward Dwelly (1911 ) “fuath”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan , 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN