Feabhra

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish Febra, from Old Irish Febrae, from Latin Februārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʲauɾˠə/

Proper noun

Feabhra f or m (genitive Feabhra, nominative plural Feabhraí)

1. February (second month of the Gregorian calendar)

Declension

Declension of Feabhra (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative Feabhra Feabhraí vocative a Fheabhra a Fheabhraí genitive Feabhra Feabhraí dative Feabhra Feabhraí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an Fheabhra na Feabhraí genitive na Feabhra na bhFeabhraí dative leis an bhFeabhra don Fheabhra leis na Feabhraí

Alternative declension

Declension of Feabhra (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative Feabhra Feabhraí vocative a Fheabhra a Fheabhraí genitive Feabhra Feabhraí dative Feabhra Feabhraí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an Feabhra na Feabhraí genitive an Fheabhra na bhFeabhraí dative leis an bhFeabhra don Fheabhra leis na Feabhraí

See also

Gregorian calendar monthsedit

• Eanáir
• Feabhra
• Márta
• Aibreán
• Bealtaine
• Meitheamh
• Iúil
• Lúnasa
• Meán Fómhair
• Deireadh Fómhair
• Samhain
• Mí na Nollag

Mutation

Mutated forms of Feabhra

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Feabhra	Fheabhra	bhFeabhra

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “Feabhra”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “Feaḃra”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 430; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Feabhra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “Feabhra”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Feabhra”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026