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fuar

fuar

English

Noun

fuar (plural fuars)

  1. Alternative form of feuar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úar, from Proto-Celtic *owgros (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)

  1. cold
  2. apathetic
  3. without interest
  4. uncooked

Declension

Synonyms

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 *owgros (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): /fuər/

Adjective

fuar

  1. cold, chilly, bleak, frigid, sober, stingy
  2. stinging

Derived terms

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 0 901771 92 9
  • 1 úar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.