fuair

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ·fúair (third-person singular preterite conjunct of fo·gaib), from Proto-Celtic *wewore, reduplicated preterite of *wereti.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fˠuəɾʲ/[1]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /fˠiːɾʲ/[2]

Verb

fuair

  1. past indicative analytic of faigh (undergoes eclipsis rather than lenition after ní)
    Ní bhfuair mé é. ― I didn’t find it.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms
  • fuaghair (obsolete)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fˠuəɾʲ/

Verb

fuair

  1. (Munster) second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of fuaigh
    Fuair rudaí le chéile. ― You stitch things together.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fˠuəɾʲ/

Adjective

fuair

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

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

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 103
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 47
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