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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
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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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 fogar ‘favour, indulgence’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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
- Entries containing “foghar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish fogamur (“harvest”), from Old Irish fogamar, fogomur (“autumn”). Compare Irish fómhar, Manx fouyr.
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”).
Noun
foghar m (genitive singular foghair, plural fogharan)
- (phonetics) phone
Derived terms
Mutation
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Lenition
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| foghar |
fhoghar
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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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