fuar
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish úar, from Proto-Celtic *ougros (compare Welsh oer), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂owg- (compare Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc)). The initial f- of Modern Irish comes from a misinterpretation of uar as fhuar in lenition environments.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fˠuəɾˠ/
Adjective
fuar (genitive singular masculine fuair, genitive singular feminine fuaire, plural fuara, comparative fuaire)
Declension
Declension of fuar
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fuar | fhuar | fuara; fhuara² | |
| Vocative | fhuair | fuara | ||
| Genitive | fuaire | fuara | fuar | |
| Dative | fuar; fhuar¹ |
fhuar; fhuair (archaic) |
fuara; fhuara² | |
| Comparative | níos fuaire | |||
| Superlative | is fuaire | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- adhfhuar (“very cold”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fuar | fhuar | bhfuar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "fuar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 úar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish úar, from Proto-Celtic *ougros (compare Welsh oer), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂owg- (compare Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc)). The initial f- of Scottish Gaelic comes from a misinterpretation of uar as fhuar in lenition environments.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fuəɾ/
Derived terms
- craobhaidh fuar (“piercingly cold, shiveringly cold”, adjective)
- fuarachas m (“coldness”)
- fuaragan m (“fan; ventilator”)
- fuaraich (“chill, cool”, verb)
- fuar-bhodradh m (“benumbing”)
- fuar-chasach (“cold-footed”, adjective)
- fuar-chràbhaiche m (“hypocrite; superstitious person”)
- fuar-chrapadh m (“benumbing”)
- fuar-chridheach (“cold-hearted, unfeeling”, adjective)
- fuar-fhead f (“cold whistling, as of wind”)
- fuar-ghreann f (“scowl, cold, shivering look”)
- fuar-làrach f (“cold, empty dwelling, house at mealtime without any fire or signs of food”)
- fuar-leabadh f (“plank on which a dead body is laid”)
- fuar-léine f (“shroud”)
- fuar-lorg m (“retracing, cold scent”)
- fuar-mharbh (“starved with cold; cold in death”, adjective)
- fuar-mharbh (“starve with cold”, verb)
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- “1 úar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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