ferg

Cognate with Swedish färg.

ferg f

1. colour, hue

• farg

From Old Irish ferg. Cognate with Irish fearg.

ferg f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. anger, bad temper, exasperation, passion, ferocity
2. heat

• IPA^(key): /ɸʲerɡ/

From Old Irish ferg, from Proto-Celtic *wergā, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵéh₂, from the root *werǵ- (“to make, to work”).

ferg f (genitive fercae, no plural)

1. anger, wrath

• Irish: fearg
• Manx: ferg
• Scottish Gaelic: fearg

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ferg ‘anger’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

ferg m

1. warrior, hero

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ferg ‘warrior’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• ferc, fergg

From Proto-Celtic *wergā, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵéh₂.

• IPA^(key): [ɸʲerɡ]

ferg f (genitive fercae, no plural)

1. anger, wrath

• Middle Irish: ferg
  • Irish: fearg
  • Manx: ferg
  • Scottish Gaelic: fearg

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ferg ‘anger’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language