uabhas

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish úathbás (horror) (compare Irish uafás).

Noun

uabhas m (genitive singular uabhais, plural uabhasan)

  1. atrocity, enormity, consternation, dismay, dread, horror, monster

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
uabhasn-uabhash-uabhast-uabhas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “uabhas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “úathbás, úathfás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.