fiabhras

Irish

Etymology

From Old French fievre +‎ -as, from Latin febris (“a fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Cognate with Old Irish daig (“flame”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲiəvˠəɾˠəsˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲɛvˠɾˠəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲɪwɾˠəsˠ/, /ˈfʲiəwɾˠəsˠ/

Noun

fiabhras m (genitive singular fiabhrais, nominative plural fiabhrais)

1. fever

Declension

Declension of fiabhras

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fiabhras fiabhrais Vocative a fhiabhrais a fhiabhrasa Genitive fiabhrais fiabhras Dative fiabhras fiabhrais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fiabhras na fiabhrais Genitive an fhiabhrais na bhfiabhras Dative leis an bhfiabhras don fhiabhras leis na fiabhrais

Derived terms

• fiabhras aerach (“puerperal mania”)
• fiabhras bainne (“milk fever”)
• fiabhras ballach (“spotted fever, typhus”)
• fiabhras buí (“yellow fever”)
• fiabhras cnámh (“rheumatic fever”)
• fiabhras coimhdeach(ta) (“puerperal fever”)
• fiabhras creathach (“ague”)
• fiabhras dearg (“scarlet fever”)
• fiabhras dubh (“spotted fever, typhus”)
• fiabhras faireoige (“glandular fever, infectious mononucleosis”)
• fiabhras goile (“gastric fever”)
• fiabhras inchinne (“brain fever”)
• fiabhras léana (“hay fever”)
• fiabhras seoil (“puerperal fever”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fiabhras	fhiabhras	bhfiabhras
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiabhras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fíabras”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old French fievre +‎ -as, from Latin febris (“a fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Cognate with Old Irish daig (“flame”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiəvɾəs̪/
• Hyphenation: fia‧bhras

Noun

fiabhras m (genitive singular fiabhrais, plural fiabhrasan)

1. (pathology) fever

Derived terms

• fiabhras-ballach (“typhus”)
• fiabhras-breac (“typhoid”)
• fiabhras-buidhe (“yellow fever”)
• fiabhras-clèibhe (“pneumonia”)
• fiabhras-dearg (“scarlet fever”)
• fiabhras-eanchainne (“meningitis”)
• fiabhras-feòir (“hay fever”)
• fiabhras-lòinidh (“rheumatic fever”)
• fiabhras-rheumatas (“rheumatic fever”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
fiabhras	fhiabhras
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fíabras”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language