fìor

See also: fior, fíor, and fíor-

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fír, from Proto-Celtic *wīros, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiːɾ/

Adjective

fìor (nominative plural fìora, comparative fìre)

  1. true, real
    Antonym: ain-fhìor

Usage notes

  • Usually precedes the noun.

Derived terms

Adverb

fìor

  1. very

Mutation

Mutation of fìor
radical lenition
fìor fhìor

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “fìor”, 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 fír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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