fér

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See also: fer and fèr

Czech

Etymology

English fair

Pronunciation

Adjective

fér

  1. fair (just, equitable)
    Antonym: nefér

Related terms

Further reading


Hungarian

Pronunciation

Verb

fér

  1. (intransitive) to have enough room (space), to find place

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):


Old Irish

Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *wegrom (grass), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (increase, enlarge) via a sense ‘outgrowth’.[1] Cognate with Cornish gora and Welsh gwair (hay).

Pronunciation

Noun

fér n (genitive féuir, nominative plural féra)

  1. grass

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative férN férN férL, féra
Vocative férN férN férL, féra
Accusative férN férN férL, féra
Genitive féuirL fér férN
Dative féorL féraib féraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: féar
  • Manx: faiyr
  • Scottish Gaelic: feur

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fér ḟér fér
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 409