fàire

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See also: faire and fairé

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from fàir (“dawn”), from Middle Irish fáir, from Proto-Celtic *wāris (“sunrise”).

Noun[edit]

fàire f (genitive singular fàire, plural fàirean)

horizon, skyline

Usage notes[edit]

Used without the definite article:
chuala sinn coisiche air fàire - we saw a walker on the horizon

References[edit]

MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “fàir”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN

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