Irish

Noun

fuath m ‎(genitive singular fuatha, nominative plural fuathanna or fuatha)

1. (literary) form, shape
2. phantom, spectre

Declension

Alternative declension

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish fúath ‎(“hatred, abhorrence”), from Old Irish úath ‎(“horror”).

Noun

fuath m ‎(genitive singular fuatha)

1. hate, hatred (with do or ar + the person or thing hated)

   Tá fuath agam don áit sin.‎

   I hate that place.

   Tá fuath agam ar an áit sin.‎

   I hate that place.

Declension

Derived terms

• fuath gorm m ‎(“woody nightshade, bittersweet”)
• fuath an mhadra m ‎(“wolf’s bane”)
• is fuath le ‎(“hate”, verb)
• tabhair fuath do ‎(“to turn against, forsake, come to dislike”)

Mutation

References

• "fuath" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 fúath” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “1 úath” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish fúath ‎(“hatred, abhorrence”), from Old Irish úath ‎(“horror”).

Noun

fuath m ‎(genitive singular fuatha, plural fuathan)

1. antipathy, hate, hatred
2. abhorrence, loathing
3. enmity, odium

Derived terms

References

• 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 0 901771 92 9
• “2 fúath” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “1 úath” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.