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fior

fior

See also: fìor, fíor, and fíor-

Irish

Noun

fior

  1. (obsolete) dative singular of fear

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fior fhior bhfior
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

Noun

fior

  1. apocopic form of fiore

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, whence also Old Saxon fiuwar, Old English fēower, Old Norse fjórir. Ultimately from from *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Numeral

fior

  1. four

Descendants


Romanian

Etymology

From Latin febris, either through a Vulgar Latin root *februm after declension change or remade from a plural of an original form *fiore > fiori.

Noun

fior m (plural fiori)

  1. shudder, shiver
  2. wince
  3. thrill

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