Fearchar

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

A proto-Celtic form *Ver-caro-s has been reconstructed. The first element may be related to modern Gaelic fìor 'true', or to modern Gaelic fear 'man' (cf. Fergus). The second element is the root of Gaelic caraid 'friend' and Latin carus 'dear'. Thus the name means either "most beloved one" or "beloved man".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛɾɛxəɾ/, /ˈfɛɾaxəɾ/

Proper noun

Fearchar (genitive/vocative Fhearchair)

1. a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Farquhar

Derived terms

• obair obair Fhearchair (“no rest for the wicked”)

Mutation

Mutation of Fearchar

radical	lenition
Fearchar	Fhearchar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Alexander Macbain, Etymology of the principal Gaelic national names, personal names, surnames to which is added a disquisition on Ptolemy's Geography of Scotland, 1911, p. 14.