fabhar

Irish

Alternative forms

• foghar (Ulster)

Etymology

From Middle Irish fogur, from Anglo-Norman favour, from Latin favor (“good will; kindness; partiality”), from faveō (“to be kind to”).

Noun

fabhar m (genitive singular fabhair, nominative plural fabhair)

1. favour; favouritism, influence

Declension

Declension of fabhar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fabhar fabhair Vocative a fhabhair a fhabhara Genitive fabhair fabhar Dative fabhar fabhair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fabhar na fabhair Genitive an fhabhair na bhfabhar Dative leis an bhfabhar don fhabhar leis na fabhair

Synonyms

• (favouritism): fabhraíocht

Derived terms

• fabhrach
• fabhraigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fabhar	fhabhar	bhfabhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fogar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “faḃar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 289
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fabhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fabhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fabhar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024