uafásach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish úathbásach (“terrible, horrible; shocking, dreadful”). By surface analysis, uafás (“horror, terror”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

uafásach (genitive singular masculine uafásaigh, genitive singular feminine uafásaí, plural uafásacha, comparative uafásaí)

  1. horrible, terrible, dreadful
  2. vast, astonishing

Declension

Declension of uafásach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative uafásach uafásach uafásacha
vocative uafásaigh uafásacha
genitive uafásaí uafásacha uafásach
dative uafásach uafásach;
uafásaigh (archaic) 		uafásacha
Comparative níos uafásaí
Superlative is uafásaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of uafásach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uafásach n-uafásach huafásach not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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