See also: fear and féar

Irish

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Etymology

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From fear (man).

Prefix

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fear-

  1. man-, male
  2. manly, he-

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of fear-
radical lenition eclipsis
fear- fhear- bhfear-

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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Scottish Gaelic

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Prefix

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fear- (genitive fir-, plural fir-)

  1. -er, -or (denotes occupation)
    fear-treòrachaidh - a guide

Usage notes

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  • The gender of such words is always masculine, although they may refer to women as well - usually, however, they refer to men.

Derived terms

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See also

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