fearr
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish ferr (“better”), from Proto-Celtic *werros, from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“peak”). Akin to Latin verrūca (“steep place, height”), Lithuanian viršùs (“top, head”) and Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”). Compare Scottish Gaelic fheàrr.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fearr
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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fearr | fhearr | bhfearr |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 83, page 45
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 318, page 111
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *farʀ, from Proto-Germanic *farzaz, a byform of *farzô (“bull, steer”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fearr m
- bull
- Iċ ġeseah þā trīewenan duru tōbrecan. Fearr styrmde fnǣrende intō mīnum clēofan.
- I saw the wooden door shatter. A bull stormed snorting into my room.
- Ofer þe fearras fnærdon.
- Over you bulls snorted.
Declension
[edit]Strong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
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nominative | fearr | fearras |
accusative | fearr | fearras |
genitive | fearres | fearra |
dative | fearre | fearrum |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fearr
- Alternative spelling of feàrr
Mutation
[edit]Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wers- (rise)
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish non-lemma forms
- Irish comparative adjectives
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English masculine nouns
- Old English terms with usage examples
- Old English masculine a-stem nouns
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives