fabhar

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish fogur, from Anglo-Norman favour, from Latin favor (“good will; kindness; partiality”), from faveō (“to be kind to”).

Noun

fabhar m (genitive singular fabhair, nominative plural fabhair)

  1. favour; favouritism, influence

Declension

Declension of fabhar (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative fabhar fabhair
vocative a fhabhair a fhabhara
genitive fabhair fabhar
dative fabhar fabhair
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fabhar na fabhair
genitive an fhabhair na bhfabhar
dative leis an bhfabhar
don fhabhar 		leis na fabhair

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Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fabhar
radical lenition eclipsis
fabhar fhabhar bhfabhar

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

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