faraor

Irish

Alternative forms

  • faraoil, faraoir, faríor, fóiríor, foraoil, fóraoil, foríor
  • fairíor, fáiríor, fairír, fáraoir, fáraor, farior, farír, fóirior, foraoir, fóríor, forír (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish fo-rír.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /fˠaˈɾˠiːɾˠ/, (older) /fˠaˈɾˠɯːɾˠ/[1]

Interjection

faraor

  1. alas
    Synonym: abhó

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 28

Further reading

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