uaibhreach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish úaibrech.[2] By surface analysis, uabhar +‎ -ach

Adjective

uaibhreach (genitive singular masculine uaibhrigh, genitive singular feminine uaibhrí, plural uaibhreacha, comparative uaibhrí)

  1. proud, arrogant
  2. haughty
  3. rank (strong in growth), luxuriant
  4. eerie (weird)
  5. rampant (unrestrained)
  6. (high-)spirited (of a horse)

Declension

Declension of uaibhreach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative uaibhreach uaibhreach uaibhreacha;
uaibhreacha2
vocative uaibhrigh uaibhreacha
genitive uaibhrí uaibhreacha uaibhreach
dative uaibhreach;
uaibhreach1 		uaibhreach;
uaibhrigh (archaic) 		uaibhreacha;
uaibhreacha2
Comparative níos uaibhrí
Superlative is uaibhrí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of uaibhreach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uaibhreach n-uaibhreach huaibhreach not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ “uaibhreach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úaibrech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish úaibrech.[1] By surface analysis, uabhar +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

Adjective

uaibhreach (comparative uaibhriche)

  1. aloof, arrogant, proud, vainglorious
  2. fussy, haughty, assuming
  3. picky
  4. high-spirited, majestic

Declension

Declension of uaibhreach (type I adjective)
masculine feminine plural
nominative uaibhreach uaibhreach uaibhreach
genitive uaibhrich uaibhriche, uaibhrich uaibhreach
dative uaibhreach uaibhrich uaibhreach
vocative uaibhrich uaibhreach uaibhreach

Mutation

Mutation of uaibhreach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uaibhreach n-uaibhreach h-uaibhreach t-uaibhreach

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úaibrech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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