uamhan

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish ómun m (“fear, the state of being afraid”), from Proto-Celtic *oβnus (“fear”) (compare Breton aon, Cornish own, Welsh ofn). === Noun === uamhan m (genitive singular uamhain, nominative plural uamhna) fear; dread; (religion) awe object of dread, terror ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== is uamhan liom (go) (“I fear (that)”) uamhan clóis m (“claustrophobia”) uamhan sráide m (“agoraphobia”) === Mutation === === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “uamhan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “omun, ómun”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language