féar

See also: fear and fear-

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish fér, from Proto-Celtic *wegrom (“grass”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“increase, enlarge”) via a sense ‘outgrowth’.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fʲeːɾˠ/

Noun

féar m (genitive singular féir, nominative plural féara)

  1. grass
  2. (slang) marijuana

Declension
Declension of féar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative féar féara
Vocative a fhéir a fhéara
Genitive féir féar
Dative féar féara

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an féar na féara
Genitive an fhéir na bhféar
Dative leis an bhféar

don fhéar

 leis na féara

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
féar fhéar bhféar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 409
  • "féar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “féar” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • Entries containing “féar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “féar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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