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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish fern (compare Manx farney, Irish fearnóg), from Proto-Celtic *wernā (compare Welsh gwern).
Pronunciation
Noun
feàrna f
- alder tree
- (obsolete) the letter F in the Gaelic alphabet
- shield
- (nautical) mast