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fearg

fearg

Irish

Noun

fearg f (genitive singular feirge)

  1. anger
    fearg orm. ― I am angry. (lit. "Anger is on me")

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fearg fhearg bhfearg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • 1 ferg” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “fearg” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "fearg" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ferg (anger, wrath).

Noun

fearg f (genitive singular feirge, no plural)

  1. anger, passion, rage, resentment, wrath