féar
Irish
Alternative forms
- feur (superseded)
Etymology
From Old Irish fér, from Proto-Celtic *wegrom (“grass”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“increase, enlarge”) via a sense ‘outgrowth’.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʲeːɾˠ/
Noun
féar m (genitive singular féir, nominative plural féara)
Declension
Declension of féar
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- broimfhéar m (“couch grass”)
- féarúil (“grassy”, adjective)
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
- ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 409
- “féar” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "féar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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