úath

See also: uath and uath-

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uːa̯θ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *ɸowtus, from Proto-Indo-European *pew- (“to fear”).

Noun

úath ?

  1. fear, horror, terror
  2. a horrible or terrible thing
Inflection
Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative úath úathL úathae
Vocative úath úathL úathu
Accusative úathN úathL úathu
Genitive úathoH, úathaH úatho, úatha úathaeN
Dative úathL úathaib úathaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Middle Irish: úath (“horrible thing, horror”)
  • Middle Irish: fúath (“hatred”)

Further reading

Etymology 2

Uncertain, multiple theories exist.[1] What is certain is that the term never originally meant "whitethorn".

  • Peter Schrijver believes the Ogam letter name is an extension of the meaning "fear", with the ogam letter originally denoting /ɸ/.
  • Deborah Hayden and David Stifter derive this letter name from Latin iōta, itself from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta), and supposes that the letter originally denoted /j/.

Noun

úath ?

  1. whitethorn
    • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 1278
      ūath .i. scē (v.l. sceach), ar imat a delg
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. name of the Ogham letter ᚆ (h)

Further reading

Etymology 3

From úathad.

Noun

úath ?

  1. a small number, a few
Descendants

Further reading

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
úath unchanged n-úath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Hayden, Deborah; Stifter, David (20 December 2022), “Ogam and Trees”, in OG(H)AM‎, retrieved 21 February 2023
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