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Uath, Old Irish Úath, hÚath (), is the sixth letter of the Ogham alphabet, (unicode:ᚆ), transcribed in manuscript tradition, but unattested in actual inscriptions. The kenning "a meet of hounds is ''huath''" identifies the name as ''úath'' "horror, fear", although the Auraicept glosses "white-thorn": :''comdal cuan huath (.i. sce L. om); no ar is uathmar hi ara deilghibh'' "a meet of hounds is ''huath'' (i.e. white-thorn); or because it is formidable (''uathmar'') for its thorns." The original etymology of the name, and the letter's value, are, however, unclear. McManus (1986) suggested a value () (i.e. the semivowel). Peter Schrijver suggested that if ''úath'' "fear" is cognate with Latin ''pavere'', a trace of PIE '' *p'' might have survived into Primitive Irish, but there is no independent evidence for this. ==Bríatharogam== In the medieval kennings, called ''Bríatharogam'' or ''Word Ogham'' the verses associated with ''Úath'' are: condál cúan - "assembly of packs of hounds" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Uath」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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