fuair

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ·fúair (third-person singular preterite conjunct of fo·gaib), from Proto-Celtic *wewore, reduplicated preterite of *wereti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fˠuəɾʲ/[1]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /fˠuəɾʲ/ ~ /fˠiːɾʲ/[2]

Verb

fuair

  1. past indicative analytic of faigh (undergoes eclipsis rather than lenition after ní)
    Ní bhfuair mé é. ― I didn’t find it.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

  • fuaghair (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fˠuəɾʲ/

Verb

fuair

  1. (Munster) second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of fuaigh
    Fuair rudaí le chéile. ― You stitch things together.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fˠuəɾʲ/

Adjective

fuair

  1. inflection of fuar:
    1. masculine vocative/genitive singular
    2. (archaic) feminine dative singular

Mutation

Mutated forms of fuair
radical lenition eclipsis
fuair fhuair bhfuair

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 103
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 123, page 47
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