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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish ferr (“better”), from Proto-Celtic *werros, from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“peak”). Akin to Latin verrūca (“steep place, height”), Lithuanian viršùs (“top, head”) and Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”). Compare Irish fearr.
Pronunciation
Adjective
feàrr
- (dated) comparative degree of math
- Is feàrr duit falbh. ― You had better go.
Usage notes
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| feàrr |
fheàrr
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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