féar
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish fér (compare Scottish Gaelic feur), from Proto-Celtic *wegrom (“grass”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“increase, enlarge”) via a sense ‘outgrowth’.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
féar m (genitive singular féir, nominative plural féara)
Declension
Declension of féar
Derived terms
- broimfhéar (“couch grass”)
- féarach
- féarúil
- forc féir (“hay-fork”)
- lochta féir
- plásóg fhéir
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
féar | fhéar | bhféar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “féar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “féar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 304
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “féar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “féar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 31
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 409
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂weg-
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish slang
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