fear-

See also: fear and féar

Irish

Etymology

From fear (“man”).

Prefix

fear-

1. man-, male
2. manly, he-

Derived terms

• fearchat m (“tom-cat”)
• fearchú m (“male dog or hound; fierce warrior”)
• fearphoc m (“he-goat”)
• fearscriú m (“male screw”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fear-

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fear-	fhear-	bhfear-

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fear-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Prefix

fear- (genitive fir-, plural fir-)

1. -er, -or (denotes occupation)

   fear-treòrachaidh - a guide

Usage notes

• The gender of such words is always masculine, although they may refer to women as well - usually, however, they refer to men.

Derived terms

Scottish Gaelic terms prefixed with fear-

fear-bàire

fear-caitheamh

fear-cèile

fear-choinean

fear-comhailteachd

Fear-crathaidh

fear-deasachaidh

fear-poilitigs

fear-pòsda

fear-reic

fear-seinn

fear-seòlaidh

fear-taighe

fear-tàileisg

fear-teagaisg

See also

• bean-
• neach-