faobhar

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /fˠeːɾˠ/, [fˠëːɾˠ][1]
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈfˠiːvˠəɾˠ/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠiːwəɾˠ/[3]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fáebar (“sharp edge, keenness, sharpness”).

Noun

faobhar m (genitive singular faobhair, nominative plural faobhair)

  1. sharp edge (literal and figurative)
  2. edge
  3. sharp-edged instrument, blade, sword
Declension
Declension of faobhar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative faobhar faobhair
vocative a fhaobhair a fhaobhara
genitive faobhair faobhar
dative faobhar faobhair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an faobhar na faobhair
genitive an fhaobhair na bhfaobhar
dative leis an bhfaobhar
don fhaobhar 		leis na faobhair
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

faobhar m (genitive singular faobhair, nominative plural)

  1. alternative form of gaobhar
Declension
Declension of faobhar (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative faobhar
vocative a fhaobhair
genitive faobhair
dative faobhar
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an faobhar
genitive an fhaobhair
dative leis an bhfaobhar
don fhaobhar

Mutation

Mutated forms of faobhar
radical lenition eclipsis
faobhar fhaobhar bhfaobhar

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 52, page 28
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 119
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 124, page 48

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fáebar (“sharp edge, keenness, sharpness”).

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈfɯːvəɾ/[1]
  • (Skye) IPA(key): /ˈfɯhɪɾ/

Noun

faobhar m (genitive singular faobhair, plural faobharan)

  1. edge (of cutting instrument)
  2. ridge

Declension

Declension of faobhar (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative faobhar faobharan
genitive faobhair fhaobharan
dative faobhar faobharan; faobharaibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (am) faobhar (na) faobharan
genitive (an) fhaobhair (nam) faobharan
dative (an) fhaobhar (na) faobharan; faobharaibh✝
vocative fhaobhair fhaobharan

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of faobhar
radical lenition
faobhar fhaobhar

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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