fuar

English

Noun

fuar (plural fuars)

  1. Alternative form of feuar

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úar, from Proto-Celtic *ougros (compare Welsh oer), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂owg- (compare Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc)). The initial f- of Modern Irish comes from a misinterpretation of uar as fhuar in lenition environments.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fˠuəɾˠ/

Adjective

fuar (genitive singular masculine fuair, genitive singular feminine fuaire, plural fuara, comparative fuaire)

  1. cold
  2. apathetic
  3. without interest
  4. uncooked

Declension
Declension of fuar
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative fuar fhuar fuara;
fhuara²
Vocative fhuair fuara
Genitive fuaire fuara fuar
Dative fuar;
fhuar¹		 fhuar;
fhuair (archaic)		 fuara;
fhuara²
Comparative níos fuaire
Superlative is fuaire

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fuar fhuar bhfuar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "fuar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 úar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish úar, from Proto-Celtic *ougros (compare Welsh oer), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂owg- (compare Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc)). The initial f- of Scottish Gaelic comes from a misinterpretation of uar as fhuar in lenition environments.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fuəɾ/

Adjective

fuar

  1. cold, chilly, bleak, frigid, sober, stingy
  2. stinging

Derived terms
  • craobhaidh fuar (“piercingly cold, shiveringly cold”, adjective)
  • fuarachas m (“coldness”)
  • fuaragan m (“fan; ventilator”)
  • fuaraich (“chill, cool”, verb)
  • fuar-bhodradh m (“benumbing”)
  • fuar-chasach (“cold-footed”, adjective)
  • fuar-chràbhaiche m (“hypocrite; superstitious person”)
  • fuar-chrapadh m (“benumbing”)
  • fuar-chridheach (“cold-hearted, unfeeling”, adjective)
  • fuar-fhead f (“cold whistling, as of wind”)
  • fuar-ghreann f (“scowl, cold, shivering look”)
  • fuar-làrach f (“cold, empty dwelling, house at mealtime without any fire or signs of food”)
  • fuar-leabadh f (“plank on which a dead body is laid”)
  • fuar-léine f (“shroud”)
  • fuar-lorg m (“retracing, cold scent”)
  • fuar-mharbh (“starved with cold; cold in death”, adjective)
  • fuar-mharbh (“starve with cold”, verb)

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “1 úar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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