féarach

Irish

Alternative forms

• féireach, feurach, féurach (obsolete)

Etymology

féar (“grass”) +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲiarəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲeːrəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲeːra(x)/

Noun

féarach m (genitive singular féaraigh)

1. pasture

Declension

Declension of féarach (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative féarach vocative a fhéaraigh genitive féaraigh dative féarach forms with the definite article case singular nominative an féarach genitive an fhéaraigh dative leis an bhféarach don fhéarach

Mutation

Mutated forms of féarach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
féarach	fhéarach	bhféarach

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

Further reading

• “féarach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “féaraċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 304
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “féarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN