uatha
Irish
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Irish úathad, óthad, úaithed (“a small number, a few; the singular number”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewtos.
Adjective
edituatha (invariable)
Coordinate terms
edit- iolra (“plural”)
Noun
edituatha m (genitive singular uatha, nominative plural uathaí)
Declension
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Coordinate terms
edit- iolra (“plural”)
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
edituatha m
Pronoun
edituatha (emphatic uathasan)
- Superseded spelling of uathu (“from them”).
Mutation
editradical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
---|---|---|---|
uatha | n-uatha | huatha | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uatha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úathad, óthad, úaithed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “uaṫa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 772
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