fuachd

fuachd

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish úacht, from Proto-Celtic *ouxto- (compare *ougro-, whence fuar, Welsh oer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fuəxk/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): [fʉøxk][1]

Noun

fuachd m

  1. cold, coldness

Declension

Declension of fuachd (class IIe masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative fuachd fuachdan
genitive fuachd fhuachdan
dative fuachd fuachdan; fuachdaibh1
definite
singular plural
nominative (am) fuachd (na) fuachdan
genitive (an) fhuachd (nam) fuachdan
dative (an) fhuachd (na) fuachdan; fuachdaibh1
vocative fhuachd fhuachdan

1 archaic or poetic form

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap