fír

See also: fir, FIR, and fir-

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʲiːɾʲ/[1]
  • Homophone: fíor- (one pronunciation)

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

fír

  1. inflection of fíor:
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

Verb

fír

  1. (archaic, Munster) second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of figh

Mutation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 62

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Nominative singular all genders; feminine and neuter vocative singular; masculine and neuter accusative and dative singular; genitive plural all genders:

  • IPA(key): /fʲiːr/

Masculine vocative singular; masculine and neuter genitive singular; feminine accusative and dative singular; masculine nominative plural:

  • IPA(key): /fʲiːrʲ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *wīros.

Adjective

fír

  1. true
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22b23
      Ci as·bera nech ro·pïa nem cía du·gneid na rétu sa, nípa fír.
      Even if anyone says you pl will have heaven although you do these things, it will not be true.
Inflection
o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Vocative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Accusative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Genitive Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) fíre Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Dative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) fíra
Vocative fíru
fíra
Accusative fíru
fíra
Genitive Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Dative fíraib
Notes † not when substantivized
Descendants
  • Irish: fíor
  • Manx: feer
  • Scottish Gaelic: fìor

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *wīrom.

Noun

fír n

  1. truth
    Synonym: fírinne
Inflection

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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