fuar

English

Noun

fuar (plural fuars)

  1. Alternative form of feuar

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úar, from Proto-Celtic *ougros (compare Welsh oer), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewǵ- (compare Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc)). The initial f- of Modern Irish comes from a misinterpretation of uar as fhuar in lenition environments.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fˠuəɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /fˠuəɾˠ/, [fˠɪəɾˠ];[1] /fˠiːɾˠ/[2]

Adjective

fuar (genitive singular masculine fuair, genitive singular feminine fuaire, plural fuara, comparative fuaire)

  1. cold
    Synonym: dearóil
  2. apathetic
    Synonyms: fuarchúiseach, fuaránta, marbh, patuar, suanach
  3. without interest
  4. uncooked
    Synonym: amh

Declension
Declension of fuar
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative fuar fhuar fuara;
fhuara²
Vocative fhuair fuara
Genitive fuaire fuara fuar
Dative fuar;
fhuar¹		 fhuar;
fhuair (archaic)		 fuara;
fhuara²
Comparative níos fuaire
Superlative is fuaire

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fuar fhuar bhfuar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 63
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 29

Further reading

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfu.ər/

Noun

fuär n (genitive unattested)

  1. verbal noun of fo·fera: provision, preparation
    • c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 48
      .i. trisin fuarinbudcaid .i. tri Iohain. Fo·ruar inna inbotha .i. do·rigni tochmarc inna ecailse do Chríst.
      i.e. through the bridesman [lit. preparation-of-marriage-(person)], i.e. through John. [John] had prepared the nuptials i.e. he had wooed the Church for Christ.
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 81c2
      a fuar inna mbiad [⁊]rl
      the preparation of foods etc.

Inflection
Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fuarN fuarN fuarL, *fúra
Vocative fuarN fuarN fuarL, *fúra
Accusative fuarN fuarN fuarL, *fúra
Genitive fuairL fuar fuarN
Dative fuarL fuaraib fuaraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants
  • Middle Irish: fúr m

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish úar, from Proto-Celtic *ougros (compare Welsh oer), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewǵ- (compare Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc)). The initial f- of Scottish Gaelic comes from a misinterpretation of uar as fhuar in lenition environments.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fuəɾ/

Adjective

fuar (comparative fhuaire)

  1. cold, chilly, bleak, frigid, sober, stingy
  2. stinging

Derived terms
  • cho fuar ris a' phuinnsean
  • craobhaidh fuar
  • fuar-bhodradh
  • fuar-chasach
  • fuar-chràbhaiche
  • fuar-chrapadh
  • fuar-chridheach
  • fuar-fhead
  • fuar-ghreann
  • fuar-làrach
  • fuar-leabadh
  • fuar-léine
  • fuar-lorg
  • fuar-mharbh
  • fuar-mharbh
  • fuarachas
  • fuaragan
  • fuaraich

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

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “fuar”, 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 úar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Turkish

Etymology

From French foire, 1930s.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fuɑ̯ɾ/

Noun

fuar (definite accusative fuarı, plural fuarlar)

  1. fair, exposition

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fuar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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