fiabhras
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old French fievre + -as, from Latin febris (“a fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Cognate with Old Irish daig (“flame”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈfʲiəvˠɾˠəsˠ/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈfʲɛvˠɾˠəsˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲɪwɾˠəsˠ/, /ˈfʲiəwɾˠəsˠ/[1]
Noun edit
fiabhras m (genitive singular fiabhrais, nominative plural fiabhrais)
Declension edit
Declension of fiabhras
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- fiabhras aerach (“puerperal mania”)
- fiabhras bainne (“milk fever”)
- fiabhras ballach (“spotted fever, typhus”)
- fiabhras buí (“yellow fever”)
- fiabhras cnámh (“rheumatic fever”)
- fiabhras coimhdeach(ta) (“puerperal fever”)
- fiabhras creathach (“ague”)
- fiabhras dearg (“scarlet fever”)
- fiabhras dubh (“spotted fever, typhus”)
- fiabhras faireoige (“glandular fever, infectious mononucleosis”)
- fiabhras goile (“gastric fever”)
- fiabhras inchinne (“brain fever”)
- fiabhras léana (“hay fever”)
- fiabhras seoil (“puerperal fever”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fiabhras | fhiabhras | bhfiabhras |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 22
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fiabhras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fíabras”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old French fievre + -as, from Latin febris (“a fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Cognate with Old Irish daig (“flame”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fiabhras m (genitive singular fiabhrais, plural fiabhrasan)
Derived terms edit
- fiabhras-ballach (“typhus”)
- fiabhras-breac (“typhoid”)
- fiabhras-buidhe (“yellow fever”)
- fiabhras-clèibhe (“pneumonia”)
- fiabhras-dearg (“scarlet fever”)
- fiabhras-eanchainne (“meningitis”)
- fiabhras-feòir (“hay fever”)
- fiabhras-lòinidh (“rheumatic fever”)
- fiabhras-rheumatas (“rheumatic fever”)
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
fiabhras | fhiabhras |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fíabras”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language