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

Mutated forms of fiabhras

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fiabhras	fhiabhras	bhfiabhras

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

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

Mutation of fiabhras

radical	lenition
fiabhras	fhiabhras

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

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