fuarú

Irish

Noun

fuarú m (genitive singular fuaraithe)

1. verbal noun of fuaraigh
2. cooling
3. chilling, creepy, terrifying, able to cause fright.
4. quenching

Declension

Declension of fuarú

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative fuarú Vocative a fhuarú Genitive fuaraithe Dative fuarú

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an fuarú Genitive an fhuaraithe Dative leis an bhfuarú don fhuarú

Derived terms

• gléas fuaraithe m (“cooler”)
• píobán fuaraithe m (“cooling duct”)
• túr fuaraithe m (“cooling tower”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fuarú	fhuarú	bhfuarú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuarú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “fuarú” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “fuarú” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.