Fearchar

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

A proto-Celtic form *Ver-caro-s has been reconstructed. The first element may be related to modern Gaelic fìor 'true', or to modern Gaelic fear 'man' (cf. Fergus). The second element is the root of Gaelic caraid 'friend' and Latin carus 'dear'. Thus the name means either "most beloved one" or "beloved man".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛɾɛxəɾ/, /ˈfɛɾaxəɾ/

Proper noun

Fearchar (genitive/vocative Fhearchair)

1. a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Farquhar

Derived terms

• obair obair Fhearchair (“no rest for the wicked”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
Fearchar	Fhearchar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Alexander Macbain, Etymology of the principal Gaelic national names, personal names, surnames to which is added a disquisition on Ptolemy's Geography of Scotland, 1911, p. 14.