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Webster 1913 Edition

Fir

Fir

(fẽr)
,
Noun.
[Dan.
fyr
,
fyrr
; akin to Sw.
furu
, Icel.
fura
, AS.
furh
in
furh
wudu fir wood, G.
föhre
, OHG.
forha
pine,
vereh
eih a sort of oak, L.
quercus
oak.]
(Bot.)
A genus (
Abies
) of coniferous trees, often of large size and elegant shape, some of them valued for their timber and others for their resin. The species are distinguished as the
balsam fir
, the
silver fir
, the
red fir
, etc. The Scotch fir is a
Pinus
.
☞ Fir in the Bible means any one of several coniferous trees, including, cedar, cypress, and probably three species of pine.
J. D. Hooker.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fir

FIR

, n.
The name of several species of the genus Pinus; as the Scotch fir, the silver fir, spruce fir, hemlock fir, and oriental fir.

Definition 2024

fír

fír

See also: fir and fir-

Irish

Adjective

fír

  1. inflection of fíor:
    1. vocative and genitive singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Verb

fír

  1. (archaic, Munster) second-person singular present indicative and present subjunctive of figh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fír fhír bhfír
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *wīros.

Adjective

fír

  1. true
Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *wīrom.

Noun

fír n

  1. truth
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • “fír” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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