fiabhras

Irish

Etymology

From Old French fievre + -as, from Latin febris (a fever), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (to burn). Cognate with Old Irish daig (flame).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʲiəvˠɾˠəsˠ/

Noun

fiabhras m (genitive singular fiabhrais, nominative plural fiabhrais)

  1. fever

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fiabhras fhiabhras bhfiabhras
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old French fievre + -as, from Latin febris (a fever), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (to burn). Cognate with Old Irish daig (flame).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: fia‧bhras

Noun

fiabhras m (genitive singular fiabhrais, plural fiabhrasan)

  1. (pathology) fever

Derived terms

References

  • fíabras” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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