uabhasach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From uabhas +‎ -ach. Compare Irish uafásach.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈuəvəs̪əx/

Adjective

uabhasach (comparative and superlative uabhasaiche)

  1. terrible, horrible, dreadful
    ghabh e eagal uabhasach ron leòmann ― he got a terrible fright from the moth
  2. destructive

Adverb

uabhasach

  1. (as an intensifier) very, terribly, awfully
    's e duine uabhasach fhèin laghach a th' ann ― he's an awfully nice man

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
uabhasachn-uabhasachh-uabhasacht-uabhasach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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