faobhar

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fáebar (“sharp edge, keenness, sharpness”).

Noun

faobhar m (genitive singular faobhair, nominative plural faobhair)

  1. sharp edge (literal and figurative)
  2. edge
  3. sharp-edged instrument, blade, sword
Declension
Declension of faobhar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative faobhar faobhair
Vocative a fhaobhair a fhaobhara
Genitive faobhair faobhar
Dative faobhar faobhair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an faobhar na faobhair
Genitive an fhaobhair na bhfaobhar
Dative leis an bhfaobhar

don fhaobhar

 leis na faobhair
Derived terms

Further reading

Noun

faobhar m (genitive singular faobhair)

  1. Alternative form of gaobhar
Declension
Declension of faobhar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative faobhar
Vocative a fhaobhair
Genitive faobhair
Dative faobhar

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an faobhar
Genitive an fhaobhair
Dative leis an bhfaobhar

don fhaobhar

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

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 28
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fáebar (“sharp edge, keenness, sharpness”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɯːvəɾ/

Noun

faobhar m (genitive singular faobhair, plural faobharan)

  1. edge (of cutting instrument)
  2. ridge

Declension
Declension of faobhar (type I masculine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative faobhar faobharan
Genitive faobhair fhaobharan
Dative faobhar faobharan; faobharaibh*
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (am) faobhar (na) faobharan
Genitive (an) fhaobhair (nam) faobharan
Dative (an) fhaobhar (na) faobharan; faobharaibh*
Vocative (a) fhaobhair (a) fhaobharan

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Derived terms

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