fabhar

Irish

Alternative forms

• foghar (Ulster)

Etymology

From Middle Irish fogur, from Anglo-Norman favour, from Latin favor (“good will; kindness; partiality”), from faveō (“to be kind to”).

Noun

fabhar m (genitive singular fabhair, nominative plural fabhair)

1. favour; favouritism, influence

Declension

Declension of fabhar (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative fabhar fabhair vocative a fhabhair a fhabhara genitive fabhair fabhar dative fabhar fabhair forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an fabhar na fabhair genitive an fhabhair na bhfabhar dative leis an bhfabhar don fhabhar leis na fabhair

Synonyms

• (favouritism): fabhraíocht

Derived terms

• fabhrach
• fabhraigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of fabhar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fabhar	fhabhar	bhfabhar

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fogar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “faḃar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 289
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fabhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fabhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fabhar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025