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fíor
fíor
Irish
Adjective
fíor (genitive singular masculine fír, genitive singular feminine fíre, plural fíora, comparative fíre)
Declension
Declension of fíor
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fíor | fhíor | fíora; fhíora² |
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| Vocative | fhír | fíora | ||
| Genitive | fíre | fíora | fíor | |
| Dative | fíor; fhíor¹ |
fhíor; fhír (archaic) |
fíora; fhíora² |
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| Comparative | níos fíre | |||
| Superlative | is fíre | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Noun
fíor f (genitive singular fíre, nominative plural fíora)
Declension
Declension of fíor
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- ainbhfíor m (“untruth”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish figor, a borrowing from Latin figūra.
Alternative forms
- fíoghar (obsolete)
Noun
fíor f (genitive singular fíorach, nominative plural fíoracha)
Declension
Declension of fíor
Fifth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fíor | fhíor | bhfíor |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “1 fír” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 figa(i)r, fiugair” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “fíoġar” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- “fíor” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "fíor" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.