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

Noun edit

fiabhras m (genitive singular fiabhrais, nominative plural fiabhrais)

  1. fever

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
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

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 22

Further reading edit

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈfiəvɾəs̪/
  • Hyphenation: fia‧bhras

Noun edit

fiabhras m (genitive singular fiabhrais, plural fiabhrasan)

  1. (pathology) fever

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
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