féar

See also: fear and fear-

Irish

Alternative forms

• feur (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish fér (compare Scottish Gaelic feur), from Proto-Celtic *wegrom (“grass”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“increase, enlarge”) via a sense ‘outgrowth’.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fʲiːa̯ɾˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /fʲeːɾˠ/

Noun

féar m (genitive singular féir, nominative plural féara)

1. grass
2. (slang) marijuana

Declension

Declension of féar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative féar féara Vocative a fhéir a fhéara Genitive féir féar Dative féar féara

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an féar na féara Genitive an fhéir na bhféar Dative leis an bhféar don fhéar leis na féara

Derived terms

• broimfhéar (“couch grass”)
• féarach
• féarúil
• forc féir (“hay-fork”)
• lochta féir
• plásóg fhéir

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
féar	fhéar	bhféar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “féar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “féar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 304
• Entries containing “féar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “féar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 31