uath

== Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uə(h)/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish úath (“fear”). Doublet of fuath (“hatred”)). ==== Noun ==== uath m (genitive singular uatha) (literary) horrible thing, horror ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Irish úath (“the name of the letter H”). ==== Noun ==== uath m (genitive singular uatha, nominative plural uatha) name of the Ogham letter ᚆ (h) ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== (whitethorn): sceach === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== uath m (genitive singular uatha, nominative plural uathanna) alternative form of fuath (“form, shape; phantom, spectre”) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== uath m (genitive singular uatha) alternative form of fuath (“hate, hatred”) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 5 === ==== Adjective ==== uath alternative form of uafar (“dreadful, horrible”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “uath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “uaṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 772 == Scottish Gaelic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uəh/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish úath (“fear, horror, terror; a horrible or terrible thing, horrible creature, spectre, phantom”). ==== Noun ==== uath m (genitive singular uatha) dread, terror === Etymology 2 === From Old Irish úath (“the name of the letter H”). ==== Noun ==== uath m (genitive singular uatha, plural uathan) (obsolete) the letter H in the Gaelic alphabet === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language