fáir

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Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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fáir m pl

  1. indefinite strong nominative plural masculine of fáur

Icelandic

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Adjective

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fáir

  1. indefinite strong nominative singular masculine of fár

Verb

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fáir

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of

Irish

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Old Irish fóir (site?)

Noun

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fáir f (genitive singular fáire, nominative plural fáireacha)

  1. nest
  2. rookery
    fáir rónseal rookery
  3. lair

Declension

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Declension of fáir (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative fáir fáireacha
vocative a fháir a fháireacha
genitive fáire fáireacha
dative fáir fáireacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fháir na fáireacha
genitive na fáire na bhfáireacha
dative leis an bhfáir
don fháir
leis na fáireacha

Mutation

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Mutated forms of fáir
radical lenition eclipsis
fáir fháir bhfáir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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Old Norse

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Adjective

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fáir

  1. strong masculine nominative plural of fár