fear céile

See also: fear-cèile

Irish

Etymology

From fear (“man”) + céile (“spouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲaɾˠ ˈceːlʲə/

Noun

fear céile m

1. husband

Usage notes

• The definite article comes before the whole compound, i.e., an fear céile. The nominative plural is (na) fir chéile.

Synonyms

• fear

See also

• bean chéile

Mutation

Mutated forms of fear céile

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fear céile	fhear céile	bhfear céile

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