Fearghas

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Fergus.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Fearghas m (genitive Fearghasa)

  1. a male given name from Old Irish of Gaelic origin

Declension

Declension of Fearghas (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Fearghas
vocative a Fhearghas
genitive Fearghasa
dative Fearghas
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an Fearghas
genitive an Fhearghasa
dative leis an bhFearghas
don Fhearghas

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Fearghas
radical lenition eclipsis
Fearghas Fhearghas bhFearghas

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 121, page 47

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish Fergus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛrɛɣəs/, /ˈfɛraɣəs/

Proper noun

Fearghas m (genitive/vocative Fhearghais, diminutive Feargaidh or Fearghaidh)

  1. a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Fergus

Mutation

Mutation of Fearghas
radical lenition
Fearghas Fhearghas

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

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