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Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish fogur (“sound”).
Pronunciation
Noun
foghar m (genitive singular foghair, nominative plural foghair)
- sound
- (phonetics) phone
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Irish fogur, from Anglo-Norman favour, from Latin favor (“good will; kindness; partiality”), from faveō (“to be kind to”).
Pronunciation
Noun
foghar m (genitive singular foghair, nominative plural foghair)
- Ulster form of fabhar (“favor”)
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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foghar
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fhoghar
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bhfoghar
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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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Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fogar ‘favour, indulgence’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fogur ‘sound’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “foġar ‘sound’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 322
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “foġar ‘favour’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 322
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foghar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “foghar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish fogamur (“harvest”), from Old Irish fogamar, fogomur (“autumn”). Compare Irish fómhar, Manx fouyr.
Pronunciation
Noun
foghar m (genitive singular foghair, plural fogharan)
- harvest
- autumn
- as t-fhoghar ― in autumn
- Tha na duilleagan a' tuiteam leis an fhoghar. ― The leaves are falling with autumn.
See also
Etymology 2
From Old Irish fogur (“sound”).
Pronunciation
Noun
foghar m (genitive singular foghair, plural fogharan)
- (phonetics) phone
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap