Irish

Alternative forms

• fá dear
• fé ndear
• fé ndeár
• fé ndeara

Adjective

faoi deara

1. causing, being the cause

   Is é faoi deara dom labhairt leat go gcuirim spéis i d’obair.‎

   What causes me to speak to you is that I am interested in your work.

   Tú féin faoi deara é.‎

   You are the cause of it yourself; you have brought it on yourself.

   Éad faoi deara a lán de.‎ ― Jealousy has a lot to do with it.

   Is é Seán faoi deara é seo.‎ ― This is Seán’s doing; this is due to Seán.

Derived terms

• cuir faoi deara ‎(“to cause”)
• tabhair faoi deara ‎(“to notice”)

References

• “fo·fera” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “deara” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 27.
• Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 257.
• "deara" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.