adhfhuafaireacht
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Irish
Alternative forms
- adhfhúathmaireachd, adhfhuathmharacht, adhuathmhaireacht, adhuathmairecht, adhuathmhuireacht, adhuathmuracht, aduathmhairecht, athfhuathmhaireachd, athfuathmairecht (obsolete)
- adhfhuathmhaireacht (superseded)
Etymology
From adhfhuafar (“horrible, abominable”) + -acht.
Noun
adhfhuafaireacht f (genitive singular adhfhuafaireachta)
- horror, abomination
- Synonym: adhfhuathmhaire
Declension
Declension of adhfhuafaireacht
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms
- adhfhuafar (“horrible, abominable”, adjective)
- adhfhuathaigh (“dread, abhor”, verb)
- adhfhuath m (“horror”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
adhfhuafaireacht | n-adhfhuafaireacht | hadhfhuafaireacht | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhfhuafaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “adúathmairecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adhfhuafaireacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “adhfhuafaireacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024