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Fergus
Fergus
English
Proper noun
Fergus
- A male given name.
- A patronymic surname.
Related terms
References
- ↑ Alexander Macbain, Etymology of the principal Gaelic national names, personal names, surnames to which is added a disquisition on Ptolemy's Geography of Scotland, 1911, p. 14.
Old Irish
Etymology
From fer (“man”) + guss (“vigour”), which is from Proto-Celtic *gustus (“choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfʲer.ɣus/
Proper noun
Fergus m (genitive Fergusso)
- A male given name
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| Fergus | Ḟergus | Fergus pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||