fìor

See also: fior, fíor, and fíor-

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fír, from Proto-Celtic *wīros, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːɾ/

Adjective

fìor

1. true, real

   Antonym: ain-fhìor

Derived terms

• fìor-uisge

Adverb

fìor

1. very

Mutation

Mutation of fìor

radical	lenition
fìor	fhìor

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “fìor”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language