uabhas

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old 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
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uabhas n-uabhas h-uabhas t-uabhas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “úathbás, úathfás” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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