féar

See also: fear and fear-

Irish

Alternative forms

• feur (superseded)

Etymology

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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’.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲeːɾˠ/

Noun

féar m (genitive singular féir, nominative plural féara)

1. grass
2. (slang) marijuana

Declension

Declension of féar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative féar féara Vocative a fhéir a fhéara Genitive féir féar Dative féar féara

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an féar na féara Genitive an fhéir na bhféar Dative leis an bhféar don fhéar leis na féara

Derived terms

• broimfhéar m (“couch grass”)
• féarúil (“grassy”, adjective)
• lochta féir m (“hay-loft”)

 

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.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “féar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “féar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “féar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024