fuair

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Irish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Irish ·fúair (third-person singular preterite conjunct of fo·gaib), from Proto-Celtic *wewore, reduplicated preterite of *wereti.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

fuair

  1. past indicative analytic of faigh (undergoes eclipsis rather than lenition after ní)
    Ní bhfuair mé é. ― I didn’t find it.

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

fuair

  1. (Munster) second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of fuaigh
    Fuair rudaí le chéile. ― You stitch things together.

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

fuair

  1. inflection of fuar:
    1. masculine vocative/genitive singular
    2. (archaic) feminine dative singular

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fuair fhuair bhfuair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 103
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 47
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