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/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /fˠiːɾʲ/[1]

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. vocative/genitive masculine singular
    2. (archaic) dative feminine 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. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 47
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