fuath

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fˠuəh/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /fˠuə/, [fˠɪə]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fúath, úath (“likeness, form”).

Noun

fuath m (genitive singular fuatha, nominative plural fuathanna or fuatha)

1. (literary) form, shape
2. phantom, spectre

Declension

Declension of fuath (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fuath fuathanna vocative a fhuath a fhuathanna genitive fuatha fuathanna dative fuath fuathanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fuath na fuathanna genitive an fhuatha na bhfuathanna dative leis an bhfuath don fhuath leis na fuathanna

Alternative declension

Declension of fuath (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fuath fuatha vocative a fhuath a fhuatha genitive fuatha fuath dative fuath fuatha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fuath na fuatha genitive an fhuatha na bhfuath dative leis an bhfuath don fhuath leis na fuatha

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish fúath (“hatred, abhorrence”), from Old Irish úath (“horror”). Doublet of uath (“horror”).

Noun

fuath m (genitive singular fuatha)

1. hate, hatred (with do or ar + the person or thing hated)

   Tá fuath agam don áit sin. ― I hate that place.

   Tá fuath agam ar an áit sin. ― I hate that place.

Declension

Declension of fuath (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative fuath vocative a fhuath genitive fuatha dative fuath forms with the definite article case singular nominative an fuath genitive an fhuatha dative leis an bhfuath don fhuath

Derived terms

• fuafar (“hateful, hideous, odious”, adjective)
• fuath an mhadra m (“wolf’s bane”)
• fuath gorm m (“woody nightshade, bittersweet”)
• fuathaigh (“hate”, transitive verb)
• fuathúil (“hateful, hideous, odious”, adjective)
• is fuath le (“hate”, verb)
• tabhair fuath do (“to turn against, forsake, come to dislike”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fuath

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fuath	fhuath	bhfuath

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish fúath (“hatred, abhorrence”), from Old Irish úath (“horror”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuə/

Noun

fuath m (genitive singular fuatha, plural fuathan)

1. antipathy, hate, hatred
2. abhorrence, loathing
3. enmity, odium

Derived terms

• fuath bhan (“misogyny”)
• fuath dhaoine (“misanthropy”)
• fuath fhir (“misandry”)
• fuath-bìdh (“anorexia nervosa, food allergy”)
• fuath-dùinteachd
• fuathaich (“hate, detest, abhor, loathe; disgust”)

Mutation

Mutation of fuath

radical	lenition
fuath	fhuath

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “fuath”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN