fuar

English

Noun

fuar (plural fuars)

1. Alternative form of feuar

Anagrams

• Rauf, Urfa, frau

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úar, from Proto-Celtic *ougros (compare Welsh oer), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂owg- (compare Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc)). The initial f- of Modern Irish comes from a misinterpretation of uar as fhuar in lenition environments.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fˠuəɾˠ/

Adjective

fuar (genitive singular masculine fuair, genitive singular feminine fuaire, plural fuara, comparative fuaire)

1. cold
2. apathetic
3. without interest
4. uncooked

Declension

Declension of fuar

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fuar	fhuar	fuara; fhuara²
Vocative	fhuair		fuara
Genitive		fuaire	fuara	fuar
Dative	fuar; fhuar¹	fhuar; fhuair (archaic)	fuara; fhuara²
Comparative	níos fuaire
Superlative	is fuaire

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• (cold): dearóil
• (apathetic): fuarchúiseach, marbh, patuar, suanach
• (uncooked): amh

Related terms

• adhfhuar (“very cold”, adjective)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 úar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish úar, from Proto-Celtic *ougros (compare Welsh oer), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂owg- (compare Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc)). The initial f- of Scottish Gaelic comes from a misinterpretation of uar as fhuar in lenition environments.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuəɾ/

Adjective

fuar

1. cold, chilly, bleak, frigid, sober, stingy
2. stinging

Derived terms

• craobhaidh fuar (“piercingly cold, shiveringly cold”, adjective)
• fuar-bhodradh m (“benumbing”)
• fuar-chasach (“cold-footed”, adjective)
• fuar-chràbhaiche m (“hypocrite; superstitious person”)
• fuar-chrapadh m (“benumbing”)
• fuar-chridheach (“cold-hearted, unfeeling”, adjective)
• fuar-fhead f (“cold whistling, as of wind”)
• fuar-ghreann f (“scowl, cold, shivering look”)
• fuar-làrach f (“cold, empty dwelling, house at mealtime without any fire or signs of food”)
• fuar-leabadh f (“plank on which a dead body is laid”)
• fuar-léine f (“shroud”)
• fuar-lorg m (“retracing, cold scent”)
• fuar-mharbh (“starve with cold”, verb)
• fuar-mharbh (“starved with cold; cold in death”, adjective)
• fuarachas m (“coldness”)
• fuaragan m (“fan; ventilator”)
• fuaraich (“chill, cool”, verb)

 

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “fuar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 úar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language