fíor
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʲiːɾˠ/
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Etymology 1
From Old Irish fír (“true”), from Proto-Celtic *wīros, from Proto-Indo-European *wēr-.
Adjective
fíor (genitive singular masculine fír, genitive singular feminine fíre, plural fíora, comparative fíre)
Declension
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fíor | fhíor | fíora; fhíora² | |
Vocative | fhír | fíora | ||
Genitive | fíre | fíora | fíor | |
Dative | fíor; fhíor¹ |
fhíor; fhír (archaic) |
fíora; fhíora² | |
Comparative | níos fíre | |||
Superlative | is fíre |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Noun
fíor f (genitive singular fíre, nominative plural fíora)
Declension
Derived terms
Verb
fíor (present analytic fíorann, future analytic fíorfaidh, verbal noun fíoradh, past participle fíortha)
- (transitive) Alternative form of fíoraigh (“verify”)
Conjugation
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Etymology 2
From Old Irish figor, borrowed from Latin figūra.
Alternative forms
Noun
fíor f (genitive singular fíorach, nominative plural fíoracha)
Declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- fíor duine (“human figure”)
- fíor gheoiméadrach (“geometric figure”)
- fíor na croise (“the sign of the cross”)
- fíor nádúrtha (“natural form”)
- fíoraigh (“figure, outline; prefigure, symbolize; portend”, verb)
Verb
fíor (present analytic fíorann, future analytic fíorfaidh, verbal noun fíoradh, past participle fíortha)
- (transitive) Alternative form of fíoraigh (“figure, outline; prefigure, symbolize; portend”)
Conjugation
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fíor | fhíor | bhfíor |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fíor”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 figa(i)r, fiugair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fíor”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fíor”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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