foghar

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word foghar. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word foghar, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say foghar in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word foghar you have here. The definition of the word foghar will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition offoghar, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fogur (sound).

Pronunciation

Noun

foghar m (genitive singular foghair, nominative plural foghair)

  1. sound
  2. (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)

  1. Ulster form of fabhar (favor)
Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
foghar fhoghar bhfoghar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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)

  1. harvest
  2. autumn
    as t-fhogharin 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)

  1. (phonetics) phone
Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of foghar
radical lenition
foghar fhoghar

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

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap