fáir

See also: fair, Fair, and fair-

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɔajɪr]

Adjective

fáir m pl

1. indefinite strong nominative plural masculine of fáur

Icelandic

Adjective

fáir

1. indefinite strong nominative singular masculine of fár

Verb

fáir

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of fá

Irish

Etymology

Perhaps from Old Irish fóir (“site?”)

Noun

fáir f (genitive singular fáire, nominative plural fáireacha)

1. nest
2. rookery

   fáir rón ― seal rookery

3. lair

Declension

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

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fáir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fóir1”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Norse

Adjective

fáir

1. strong masculine nominative plural of fár