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faobhar

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish fáebar (sharp edge, keenness, sharpness).

Noun

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faobhar m (genitive singular faobhair, nominative plural faobhair)

  1. sharp edge (literal and figurative)
  2. edge
  3. sharp-edged instrument, blade, sword
Declension
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Declension of faobhar (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative faobhar faobhair
vocative a fhaobhair a fhaobhara
genitive faobhair faobhar
dative faobhar faobhair
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an faobhar na faobhair
genitive an fhaobhair na bhfaobhar
dative leis an bhfaobhar
don fhaobhar
leis na faobhair
Derived terms
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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faobhar m (genitive singular faobhair)

  1. Alternative form of gaobhar
Declension
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Declension of faobhar (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative faobhar
vocative a fhaobhair
genitive faobhair
dative faobhar
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an faobhar
genitive an fhaobhair
dative leis an bhfaobhar
don fhaobhar

Mutation

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Mutated forms of faobhar
radical lenition eclipsis
faobhar fhaobhar bhfaobhar

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. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 52, page 28
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 119
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 124, page 48

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish fáebar (sharp edge, keenness, sharpness).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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faobhar m (genitive singular faobhair, plural faobharan)

  1. edge (of cutting instrument)
  2. ridge

Declension

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Declension of faobhar (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative faobhar faobharan
genitive faobhair fhaobharan
dative faobhar faobharan; faobharaibh
definite
singular plural
nominative (am) faobhar (na) faobharan
genitive (an) fhaobhair (nam) faobharan
dative (an) fhaobhar (na) faobharan; faobharaibh
vocative fhaobhair fhaobharan

obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of faobhar
radical lenition
faobhar fhaobhar

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