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Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish fogur (sound).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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foghar m (genitive singular foghair, nominative plural foghair)

  1. sound
  2. (phonetics) phone
Declension
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Declension of foghar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative foghar foghair
vocative a fhoghair a fhoghara
genitive foghair foghar
dative foghar foghair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an foghar na foghair
genitive an fhoghair na bhfoghar
dative leis an bhfoghar
don fhoghar
leis na foghair
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Middle Irish fogur,[2] from Anglo-Norman favour, from Latin favor (good will), from faveō (to be kind to).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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foghar m (genitive singular foghair, nominative plural foghair)

  1. Ulster form of fabhar (favor)
Declension
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Declension of foghar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative foghar foghair
vocative a fhoghair a fhoghara
genitive foghair foghar
dative foghar foghair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an foghar na foghair
genitive an fhoghair na bhfoghar
dative leis an bhfoghar
don fhoghar
leis na foghair

Mutation

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Mutated forms of foghar
radical lenition eclipsis
foghar fhoghar bhfoghar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fogur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fogar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish fogamur (harvest), from Old Irish fogamar (autumn). Compare Irish fómhar, Manx fouyr.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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foghar m (genitive singular foghair, plural fogharan)

  1. harvest
  2. autumn
    as t-fhogharin autumn
    Tha na duilleagan a' tuiteam leis an fhoghar.The leaves are falling with autumn.

See also

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Etymology 2

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From Old Irish fogur (sound).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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foghar m (genitive singular foghair, plural fogharan)

  1. (phonetics) phone
Derived terms
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Mutation

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Mutation of foghar
radical lenition
foghar fhoghar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. 2.0 2.1 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 47
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 23
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 145
  7. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “foghar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “foghmhar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN