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adhfhuafar
adhfhuafar
Irish
Alternative forms
Adjective
adhfhuafar (genitive singular masculine adhfhuafair, genitive singular feminine adhfhuafaire, plural adhfhuafara, comparative adhfhuafaire)
Declension
Declension of adhfhuafar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | adhfhuafar | adhfhuafar¹ | adhfhuafara³ | |
| Vocative | adhfhuafair¹ | adhfhuafar¹ | adhfhuafara | |
| Genitive | adhfhuafair¹ | adhfhuafaire | adhfhuafara | adhfhuafar |
| Dative | adhfhuafar² | adhfhuafar¹; (archaic) adhfhuafair¹ |
adhfhuafara³ | |
| Comparative | adhfhuafaire | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- adhfhuafaireacht f, adhfhuathmhaire f (“horror, abomination”)
- adhfhuath m (“horror”)
- adhfhuathaigh (“dread, abhor”, verb)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| adhfhuafar | n-adhfhuafar | hadhfhuafar | t-adhfhuafar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "adhfhuafar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “adúathmar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.