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Etymology

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From Old French fievre +‎ -as, from Latin febris (a fever), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (to burn). Cognate with Old Irish daig (flame).

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Noun

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fiabhras m (genitive singular fiabhrais, nominative plural fiabhrais)

  1. fever

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fiabhras fhiabhras bhfiabhras
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 227, page 115
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 48, page 22

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old French fievre +‎ -as, from Latin febris (a fever), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (to burn). Cognate with Old Irish daig (flame).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfiəvɾəs̪/
  • Hyphenation: fia‧bhras

Noun

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fiabhras m (genitive singular fiabhrais, plural fiabhrasan)

  1. (pathology) fever

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
fiabhras fhiabhras
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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