adhfhuafar

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish adúathmar, adḟúathmar (very awful, terrible), from adúath (great dread, horror; monster) + -mar; synchronically adhfhuath (horror) + -mhar.

Adjective

adhfhuafar (genitive singular masculine adhfhuafair, genitive singular feminine adhfhuafaire, plural adhfhuafara, comparative adhfhuafaire)

  1. horrible, abominable, macabre

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adhfhuafar n-adhfhuafar hadhfhuafar not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "adhfhuafar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • adúathmar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • macabre” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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