fíor
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish fír (“true”),[4] from Proto-Celtic *wīros, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros. Cognate with Latin vērus and German wahr.
Adjective edit
fíor (genitive singular masculine fír, genitive singular feminine fíre, plural fíora, comparative fíre)
Declension edit
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
fíor f (genitive singular fíre, nominative plural fíora)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
fíor (present analytic fíorann, future analytic fíorfaidh, verbal noun fíoradh, past participle fíortha)
- (transitive) Alternative form of fíoraigh (“verify”)
Conjugation edit
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fíor”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fíor”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 316
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish figor, borrowed from Latin figūra.[5] Doublet of figiúr.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
fíor f (genitive singular fíorach, nominative plural fíoracha)
Declension edit
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
Verb edit
fíor (present analytic fíorann, future analytic fíorfaidh, verbal noun fíoradh, past participle fíortha)
- (transitive) Alternative form of fíoraigh (“figure, outline; prefigure, symbolize; portend”)
Conjugation edit
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fíor”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fíoġair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 315
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fíor | fhíor | bhfíor |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 57, page 30
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 112
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 165, page 62
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 fír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 figa(i)r, fiugair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language