fíor

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See also: fior, fìor, and fíor-

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fír (true),[4] from Proto-Celtic *wīros, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros. Cognate with Latin vērus and German wahr.

Adjective

fíor (genitive singular masculine fír, genitive singular feminine fíre, plural fíora, comparative fíre)

  1. true
    Synonym: ceart
    Antonym: ainfhíor
  2. correct
    Synonym: ceart
  3. real
Declension
Declension of fíor
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative fíor fhíor fíora;
fhíora2
vocative fhír fíora
genitive fíre fíora fíor
dative fíor;
fhíor1
fhíor;
fhír (archaic)
fíora;
fhíora2
Comparative níos fíre
Superlative is fíre

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

Synonyms
Derived terms

Noun

fíor f (genitive singular fíre, nominative plural fíora)

  1. truth
  2. honour
  3. true word; assurance, pledge
    1. (colloquial) word
  4. (literary) test, ordeal
Declension
Declension of fíor (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative fíor fíora
vocative a fhíor a fhíora
genitive fíre fíor
dative fíor fíora
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fhíor na fíora
genitive na fíre na bhfíor
dative leis an bhfíor
don fhíor
leis na fíora
Derived terms

Verb

fíor (present analytic fíorann, future analytic fíorfaidh, verbal noun fíoradh, past participle fíortha)

  1. (transitive) Alternative form of fíoraigh (verify)
Conjugation

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Old Irish figor, borrowed from Latin figūra.[5] Doublet of figiúr.

Alternative forms

Noun

fíor f (genitive singular fíorach, nominative plural fíoracha)

  1. figure
  2. (military, sports) formation
Declension
Declension of fíor (fifth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative fíor fíoracha
vocative a fhíor a fhíoracha
genitive fíorach fíoracha
dative fíor
fíoraigh (archaic, dialectal)
fíoracha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fhíor na fíoracha
genitive na fíorach na bhfíoracha
dative leis an bhfíor
leis an bhfíoraigh (archaic, dialectal)
don fhíor
don fhíoraigh (archaic, dialectal)
leis na fíoracha
Derived terms

Verb

fíor (present analytic fíorann, future analytic fíorfaidh, verbal noun fíoradh, past participle fíortha)

  1. (transitive) Alternative form of fíoraigh (figure, outline; prefigure, symbolize; portend)
Conjugation

Further reading

Mutation

Mutated forms of fíor
radical lenition eclipsis
fíor fhíor bhfíor

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 57, page 30
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 112
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 165, page 62
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  5. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 figa(i)r, fiugair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language