fear céile

See also: fear-cèile

Irish

From fear (“man”) + céile (“spouse”).

fear céile m

The definite article comes before the whole compound, i.e., an fear céile. The nominative plural is (na) fir chéile.

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fear céile	fhear céile	bhfear céile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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