fíor

See also: fior, fìor, and fíor-

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IrishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /fʲiːɾˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /fʲiəɾˠ/

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Irish fír (“true”), from Proto-Celtic *wīros, from Proto-Indo-European *wēr-.

AdjectiveEdit

fíor (genitive singular masculine fír, genitive singular feminine fíre, plural fíora, comparative fíre)

1. true
2. correct
3. real

DeclensionEdit

Declension of fíor

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fíor	fhíor	fíora; fhíora²
Vocative	fhír		fíora
Genitive		fíre	fíora	fíor
Dative	fíor; fhíor¹	fhíor; fhír (archaic)	fíora; fhíora²
Comparative	níos fíre
Superlative	is fíre

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

SynonymsEdit

• ceart
• díreach

Derived termsEdit

• ainfhíor (“untrue”, adjective)
• fíor-
• fíorúil
• fírinne

NounEdit

fíor f (genitive singular fíre, nominative plural fíora)

1. truth
2. honour
3. (colloquial) word

DeclensionEdit

Declension of fíor

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fíor fíora Vocative a fhíor a fhíora Genitive fíre fíor Dative fíor fíora

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhíor na fíora Genitive na fíre na bhfíor Dative leis an bhfíor don fhíor leis na fíora

Derived termsEdit

• ainbhfíor m (“untruth”)

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Irish figor, borrowed from Latin figūra.

Alternative formsEdit

• fíoghar (obsolete)

NounEdit

fíor f (genitive singular fíorach, nominative plural fíoracha)

1. form
2. image
3. shape
4. appearance

DeclensionEdit

Declension of fíor

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fíor fíoracha Vocative a fhíor a fhíoracha Genitive fíorach fíoracha Dative fíor fíoraigh (archaic, dialectal) fíoracha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhíor na fíoracha Genitive na fíorach na bhfíoracha Dative leis an bhfíor leis an bhfíoraigh (archaic, dialectal) don fhíor don fhíoraigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na fíoracha

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fíor	fhíor	bhfíor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

• “1 fír” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 figa(i)r, fiugair” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “fíoġar” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• “fíor” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "fíor" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.