fáir

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See also: fair, Fair, and fair-

Faroese

Pronunciation

Adjective

fáir m pl

  1. indefinite strong nominative plural masculine of fáur

Icelandic

Adjective

fáir

  1. indefinite strong nominative singular masculine of fár

Verb

fáir

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of fá

Irish

Etymology

Perhaps from Old Irish fóir (“site?”)

Noun

fáir f (genitive singular fáire, nominative plural fáireacha)

  1. nest
  2. rookery
    fáir rón ― seal rookery
  3. lair

Declension

Declension of fáir (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative fáir fáireacha
vocative a fháir a fháireacha
genitive fáire fáireacha
dative fáir fáireacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fháir na fáireacha
genitive na fáire na bhfáireacha
dative leis an bhfáir
don fháir 		leis na fáireacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of fáir
radical lenition eclipsis
fáir fháir bhfáir

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

Further reading

Old Norse

Adjective

fáir

  1. strong masculine nominative plural of fár
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