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fuar

English

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Noun

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fuar (plural fuars)

  1. Alternative form of feuar

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish úar,[1] from Proto-Celtic *ougros (compare Welsh oer), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewǵ- (compare Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc)). The initial f- of Modern Irish comes from a misinterpretation of uar as fhuar in lenition environments.

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Adjective

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fuar (genitive singular masculine fuair, genitive singular feminine fuaire, plural fuara, comparative fuaire)

  1. cold

Declension

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Declension of fuar
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative fuar fhuar fuara;
fhuara2
vocative fhuair fuara
genitive fuaire fuara fuar
dative fuar;
fhuar1 		fhuar;
fhuair (archaic) 		fuara;
fhuara2
Comparative níos fuaire
Superlative is fuaire

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

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of fuar
radical lenition eclipsis
fuar fhuar bhfuar

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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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 úar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 117
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 168, page 63
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 67, page 29

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Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɸu.ər/, [ˈɸu.ar]

Noun

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fuär n (genitive unattested)

  1. verbal noun of fo·fera: provision, preparation
    • c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 48
      .i. trisin fuarinbudcaid .i. tri Iohain. Fo·ruar inna inbotha .i. do·rigni tochmarc inna ecailse do Chríst.
      i.e. through the bridesman [lit. preparation-of-marriage-(person)], i.e. through John. [John] had prepared the nuptials i.e. he had wooed the Church for Christ.
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 81c2
      a fuar inna mbiad [⁊]rl
      the preparation of foods etc.

Inflection

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Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fuarN fuarN fuarL, *fúra
Vocative fuarN fuarN fuarL, *fúra
Accusative fuarN fuarN fuarL, *fúra
Genitive fuairL fuar fuarN
Dative fuarL fuaraib fuaraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: fúr m

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish úar, from Proto-Celtic *ougros (compare Welsh oer), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewǵ- (compare Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc)). The initial f- of Scottish Gaelic comes from a misinterpretation of uar as fhuar in lenition environments.

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Adjective

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fuar (comparative fhuaire)

  1. cold, chilly, bleak, frigid, sober, stingy
  2. stinging

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of fuar
radical lenition
fuar fhuar

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

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “fuar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 úar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Turkish

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Etymology

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From French foire, 1930s.

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Noun

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fuar (definite accusative fuarı, plural fuarlar)

  1. fair, exposition

References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fuar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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