fior
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| fior | fhior | bhfior |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
fior m (apocopated)
fiōr n
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fiōr | fiōr |
| accusative | fiōr | fiōr |
| genitive | fiōres | fiōra |
| dative | fiōre | fiōrum, fiōrem |
| < 3 | 4 | 5 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : fior | ||
From Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, whence also Old Saxon fiuwar, Old English fēower, Old Norse fjórir. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres.
fior
Inherited from Latin flōrem m.
fior m or f
Inherited from Latin febris, febrem, either through a Vulgar Latin root *februm, after declension change, or by back-formation from the plural of an original form *fiore (or *fiure) > fiori. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰris, an extension of the root *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, warm”).
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fior m (plural fiori)
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | fior | fiorul | fiori | fiorii | |
| genitive-dative | fior | fiorului | fiori | fiorilor | |
| vocative | fiorule | fiorilor | |||