Noun: fear
Gender: Masc
Forms without Article
| Singular Nominative | fear |
| Singular Genitive | fir |
| Plural Nominative | fir |
| Plural Genitive | fear |
Forms with Article
| Singular Nominative | an fear |
| Singular Genitive | an fhir |
| Plural Nominative | na fir |
| Plural Genitive | na bhfear |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like fear
aistear,
fear,
féimear,
gildear,
inbhear,
lítear,
muirear,
poileistear,
sinsear,
sóisear,
véibear,
Etymology
1. From Old Irish fer, from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.
2. Cognate with Welsh gŵr, Breton gour, Cornish gour, Gaulish viros, Latin vir, Sanskrit वीर (vīra), Lithuanian výras, Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬭𐬀 (vīra), and Old English wer. See: Latin Nouns '
vir', Old English Nouns '
wer'.
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