feàrr

See also: fearr

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ferr (“better”), from Proto-Celtic *werros, from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“peak”). Akin to Latin verrūca (“steep place, height”), Lithuanian viršùs (“top, head”) and Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”). Compare Irish fearr.

Pronunciation

See is fheàrr and b' fheàrr.

Adjective

feàrr

  1. (dated) comparative degree of math
    Is feàrr duit falbh. ― You had better go.

Usage notes

Mutation

Mutation of feàrr
radical lenition
feàrr fheàrr

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

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
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