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Fearghas

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish Fergus.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Fearghas m (genitive Fearghasa)

  1. a male given name from Old Irish of Gaelic origin

Declension

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Declension of Fearghas (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Fearghas
vocative a Fhearghas
genitive Fearghasa
dative Fearghas
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an Fearghas
genitive an Fhearghasa
dative leis an bhFearghas
don Fhearghas

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of Fearghas
radical lenition eclipsis
Fearghas Fhearghas bhFearghas

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

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 121, page 47

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish Fergus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛrɛɣəs/, /ˈfɛraɣəs/

Proper noun

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Fearghas m (genitive/vocative Fhearghais, diminutive Feargaidh or Fearghaidh)

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

Mutation

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Mutation of Fearghas
radical lenition
Fearghas Fhearghas

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