fìor

See also: fior, fíor, and fíor-

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fír, from Proto-Celtic *wīros, from Proto-Indo-European *wēr-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fiːɾ/

Adjective

fìor

  1. true, real
    Antonym: ain-fhìor

Derived terms

Adverb

fìor

  1. very

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
fìorfhìor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • 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 fír” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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