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foirfe
foirfe
Irish
Adjective
foirfe
Antonyms
- (complete, perfect): anfhoirfe, neamhfhoirfe
Derived terms
- foirfeach (“aged, mature person; elder”)
- foirfeacht f (“completeness, perfection; age, matureity; old age”)
Related terms
- foirfigh (“complete, perfect; age, mature”, verb)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| foirfe | fhoirfe | bhfoirfe |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "foirfe" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 foirbthe” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish foirbthe, past participle of for·fen (“finishes, completes, brings to an end”).
Adjective
foirfe
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “1 foirbthe” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.