uabhar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úabar.

Noun

uabhar m (genitive singular uabhair)

pride, arrogance
wounded pride
1. spiritedness, exuberance
2. (act of) frolicking; frolicksomeness
rankness, luxuriance
eeriness, feeling of loneliness
open-mouthedness, astonishment

Declension

Declension of uabhar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	uabhar
Vocative	a uabhair
Genitive	uabhair
Dative	uabhar

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an t-uabhar
Genitive	an uabhair
Dative	leis an uabhar don uabhar

Derived terms

aingeal an uabhair (“fallen angel”)
anuabhar (“overweening pride”)
peaca an uabhair (“the sin of pride”)
uabhar na gealaí (“moon illusion”)

Mutation

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

References

"uabhar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“úabar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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