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fear.

man (adult male)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/fʲaɾˠ/[fʲæːɾˠ]Cois-Fharraige

  1. man (adult male)

    masculine
    Tá an fear ag ól uisce.
    Sláinte chuig na fir agus go marfuire na mná go deo!

  2. husband, male spouse

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish fer, from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognate with Welsh gŵr, Breton gour, Cornish gour, Gaulish viros, Latin vir, Sanskrit वीर (vīra), Lithuanian výras, Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬭𐬀 (vīra), and Old English wer.

verb/fʲaɾˠ/[fʲæːɾˠ]Cois-Fharraige

  1. to shed (a liquid)

    transitive

  2. to excrete

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish feraid, from Old Irish feraid.

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