Fergus
Contents
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Irish or Scottish Gaelic Fearghas. The first element may be related to modern fìor (“true”) or fear (“man”) (cf. Fearchar). The second element has been understood to mean 'choice' (cf. Angus). Thus the name means either "most chosen one" or "chosen man".[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Ireland, Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈfɛɹɡəs/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɜːɡəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɝɡəs/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡəs
Proper noun[edit]
Fergus
- A male given name.
- A patronymic surname.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
Anagrams[edit]
Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From fer (“man”) + guss (“vigour”), which is from Proto-Celtic *gustus (“choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Fergus m (genitive Fergusso)
- A male given name
Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| Fergus | Ḟergus | Fergus pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Categories:
- English terms derived from the PIE root *ǵews-
- English terms derived from Irish
- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from Scottish Gaelic
- English surnames
- English surnames from given names
- Old Irish terms derived from the PIE root *ǵews-
- Old Irish compound words
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish proper nouns
- Old Irish given names
- Old Irish male given names
