nuadh

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Irish

Adjective

nuadh (genitive singular masculine nuaidh, genitive singular feminine nuaidhe, plural nuadha, comparative nuaidhe)

  1. Obsolete spelling of nua.

Declension

Declension of nuadh
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative nuadh nuadh nuadha
vocative nuaidh nuadha
genitive nuaidhe nuadha nuadh
dative nuadh nuadh;
nuaidh (archaic) 		nuadha
Comparative níos nuaidhe
Superlative is nuaidhe

Noun

nuadh m (genitive singular nuaidh)

  1. Obsolete spelling of nua.

Declension

Declension of nuadh (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative nuadh
vocative a nuaidh
genitive nuaidh
dative nuadh
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an nuadh
genitive an nuaidh
dative leis an nuadh
don nuadh

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish núa, from Old Irish nuae (compare Irish nua, Manx noa), from Proto-Celtic *nowyos (compare Welsh newydd, Breton nevez), from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos (“new”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

nuadh

  1. new, fresh

Declension

Declension of nuadh (type I adjective)
masculine feminine plural
nominative nuadh nuadh nuadha
genitive nuaidh nuaidhe nuadha
dative nuadh nuaidh nuadha
vocative nuaidh nuadh nuadha

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “nuadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “núa, núae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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