fuair

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ·fúair (third-person singular preterite conjunct of fo·gaib), from Proto-Celtic *wewore, reduplicated preterite of *wereti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fˠuəɾʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /fˠiːɾʲ/

Verb

fuair

1. past indicative analytic of faigh (undergoes eclipsis rather than lenition after ní)

   Ní bhfuair mé é. ― I didn’t find it.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• fuaghair (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fˠuəɾʲ/

Verb

fuair

1. (Munster) second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of fuaigh

   Fuair rudaí le chéile. ― You stitch things together.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fˠuəɾʲ/

Adjective

fuair

1. inflection of fuar:
   1. masculine vocative/genitive singular
   2. (archaic) feminine dative singular

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fuair	fhuair	bhfuair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.