fuaire

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish úaire. By surface analysis, fuar +‎ -e.

Noun

fuaire f (genitive singular fuaire)

  1. cold, coldness
    Synonym: fuacht
Declension
Declension of fuaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative fuaire
Vocative a fhuaire
Genitive fuaire
Dative fuaire

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an fhuaire
Genitive na fuaire
Dative leis an bhfuaire

don fhuaire

Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

fuaire

  1. inflection of fuar:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fuaire fhuaire bhfuaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 29
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