Fergus

English edit

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Alternative forms edit

(surname): Vargus

Etymology edit

From Irish or Scottish Gaelic Fearghas. The first element may be related to modern fìor (“true”) or fear (“man”) (cf. Fearchar). The second element has been understood to mean 'choice' (cf. Angus). Thus the name means either "most chosen one" or "chosen man".^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Ireland, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛɹɡəs/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɜːɡəs/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɝɡəs/
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡəs

Proper noun edit

Fergus (plural Ferguses)

A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
A surname originating as a patronymic.

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

References edit

^ 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.

Anagrams edit

Fruges

Cebuano edit

Etymology edit

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From English Fergus, from Irish or Scottish Gaelic Fearghas.

Proper noun edit

Fergus

a male given name from Scottish Gaelic

Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *Wirogustus, equivalent to fer (“man”) +‎ guss (“vigour”), which is from Proto-Celtic *gustus (“choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈfʲer.ɣus/

Proper noun edit

Fergus m (genitive Fergusso)

a male given name

Inflection edit

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	Fergus	Fergus^L	Fergusae^H
Vocative	Fergus	Fergus^L	Fergusu
Accusative	Fergus^N	Fergus^L	Fergusu
Genitive	Ferguso^H, Fergusa^H	Ferguso^L, Fergusa^L	Fergusae^N
Dative	Fergus^L	Fergusaib	Fergusaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants edit

Irish: Fearghas
Scottish Gaelic: Fearghas

Mutation edit

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.

[1] 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.

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