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fiabhras

fiabhras

Irish

Noun

fiabhras m ‎(genitive singular fiabhrais, nominative plural fiabhrais)

  1. (pathology) fever

Declension

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Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fiabhras fhiabhras bhfiabhras
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old French fievre +‎ -as, from Latin febris ‎(“a fever”), from ferveō ‎(“to be hot, burn, boil”, literally “a trembling”), akin to Ancient Greek φέβεσθαι ‎(phébesthai, “to flee affrighted”), φόβος ‎(phóbos, “flight, panic fear, fear, terror”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: fia‧bhras

Noun

fiabhras m ‎(genitive singular fiabhrais, plural fiabhrasan)

  1. (pathology) fever

Derived terms

References

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

Etymology

From Old French fievre +‎ -as, from Latin febris ‎(“a fever”), from ferveō ‎(“to be hot, burn, boil”, literally “a trembling”), akin to Ancient Greek φέβεσθαι ‎(phébesthai, “to flee affrighted”), φόβος ‎(phóbos, “flight, panic fear, fear, terror”).

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