fàire
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from fàir (“dawn”), from Middle Irish fáir, from Proto-Celtic *wāris (“sunrise”).
Noun edit
fàire f (genitive singular fàire, plural fàirean)
Usage notes edit
- Used without the definite article:
- chuala sinn coisiche air fàire - we saw a walker on the horizon
References edit
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “fàir”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN