fear

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 See also 1.6 Anagrams 2 Irish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Declension 2.3.2 Mutation 3 Scots 3.1 Noun 3.2 Verb 4 Scottish Gaelic 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Declension 4.2.2 Derived terms 4.3 See also 4.4 Pronoun 4.4.1 Usage notes 4.4.2 Derived terms 5 West Frisian 5.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English fǣr (“‘peril, danger’”) (noun), fǣran (“‘to frighten’”) (verb).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Australia) IPA: /fiə/, SAMPA: /fi@/
• (UK) IPA: /fɪə/, SAMPA: /fI@/
• (US) IPA: /fɪr/, SAMPA: /fir/
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  Rhymes: -ɪə(r)

[edit] Noun

fear (countable and uncountable; plural fears)

1. (uncountable) A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.

   He was struck by fear on seeing the snake.

2. (countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.

   Not everybody has the same fears.

   I have a fear of ants.

3. (uncountable) Extreme veneration or awe, as toward a supreme being or deity.

[edit] Synonyms

• (uncountable: unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger): dread, terror
• (countable: sense of fear induced by something or someone): dread, phobia
• (extreme veneration): awe, reverence, veneration
• See also Wikisaurus:fear

[edit] Derived terms

• affear
• fearful
• fearless
• fearmonger
• fearnaught
• fearsome

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to fear (third-person singular simple present fears, present participle fearing, simple past and past participle feared)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To cause fear to; to frighten.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:

     ‘Be God,’ sayde Sir Gawayne, ‘his grevys me but lytyll; yet shalt thou nat feare me for all thy grete wordis.

2. (transitive) To feel fear about (something).

   I fear the worst will happen.

3. (transitive) To venerate; to feel awe towards.

   People who fear God can be found in Christian churches.

4. (idiomatic) Regret

   I fear [regret that] I have bad news for you: your husband has died.

[edit] Synonyms

• (feel fear about (something)): be afraid of, be frightened of, be scared of, be terrorised/terrorized be
• (venerate): be in awe of, revere, venerate

[edit] Derived terms

• fear not
• God-fearing
• never fear

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• phobia

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aefr
• Afer
• fare
• FERA

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [fʲaɾˠ]

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish fer, from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognate with Welsh gŵr, Latin vir, Old English wer.

[edit] Noun

fear m.

1. man
2. husband, male spouse

[edit] Declension

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fear fir Vocative a fhir a fheara Genitive fir fear Dative fear fir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fear na fir Genitive an fhir na bhfear Dative leis an bhfear don fhear leis na fir

[edit] Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fear	fhear	bhfear
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Noun

fear (plural fears)

1. fear

[edit] Verb

tae fear (third-person singular simple present fears, present participle fearin, simple past feart, past participle feart)

1. to fear
2. to frighten, scare

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [fɛɾ]

[edit] Noun

fear m. (genitive and plural fir )

1. man
2. husband, male spouse

[edit] Declension

First declension; forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	am fear	na fir
Vocative	fhir	fhir
Genitive	an fir	nam fear/fir
Dative	leis an fhear	leis na fir

[edit] Derived terms

• fear-
• fear an taighe
• fear-taighe
• fireann
• fireannach
• fireannta

[edit] See also

• bean

[edit] Pronoun

fear m. (genitive fir)

1. somebody, something, one

[edit] Usage notes

• Used when referring to a singular masculine subject.
• For feminine subjects tè is used.
• In the plural feadhainn is used for both genders.

[edit] Derived terms

• feareigin
• fear mu seach

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[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Noun

fear

1. ferry