fearrde

Irish

Alternative forms

  • feairrde, feáirrde, fearr-de, feárrde, feárr-de, feirde, féirde, feirrde (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

Univerbation of fearr (“better”) +‎ de (“of it”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʲaːɾˠdʲə/[2]

Adjective

fearrde

  1. (all) the better for, better off
    Is fearrde thú é.
    You’re all the better for it.
    B’fhearrde thú gan é.
    You’d be better off without him/it.
    Ní thig olc i dtír nach fearrde duine éigin. (proverb)
    It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
    (literally, “No ill comes in the country that someone isn’t the better for.”)

See also

Mutation

Mutated forms of fearrde
radical lenition eclipsis
fearrde fhearrde bhfearrde

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

References

  1. ^ “fearrde”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 218

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “feirrde”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 445; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fearrde”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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