úas
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Old Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *ouxsos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewps-. Cognate with Welsh uwch, Ancient Greek ὕψι (húpsi) and Proto-Slavic *vysь.
Pronunciation[edit]
Preposition[edit]
úas (+dative)
- above, over
- c. 850 Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 10–30, Bcr. 33b1
- .i. aesca bís co mmatain os talam
- i.e. the moon that continues over the earth till morning
- c. 9th century, Int én bec, in The Blackbird by Belfast Loch in Early Irish lyrics, eighth to twelfth century (1956; Oxford University Press) edited by Gerard Murphy, with translation by David Stifter
- Fo·ceird faíd ós Loch Laíg, lon do chraíb charnbuidi.
- He casts a cry over Loch Laíg, the blackbird from the yellow-heaped branch.
- c. 850 Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 10–30, Bcr. 33b1
Antonyms[edit]
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Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| úas | unchanged | n-úas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 úas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language