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

  1. true, real
    Antonym: ain-fhìor

Derived terms

Adverb

fìor

  1. very

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
fìorfhìor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “fìor”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 fír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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