is fheàrr

Scottish Gaelic

(much of Lewis, Trotternish) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑːrˠ/^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Bernera, South Uist, Bracadale) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːrˠ/^[2]^[3]
(Harris) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeɑːrˠ/^[2]
(North Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeaːrˠ/^[2]
(Benbecula, South Uist, Barra, Sleat, Tiree) IPA^(key): /ˈʃæːrˠ/^[4]^[2]^[3], /ˈʃɛːrˠ/^[5]

is fheàrr (past/conditional b' fheàrr)

to be preferable, to be better than
is fheàrr aon diugh na dà mhàireach ― no time like the present (literally, “one today is better than two tomorrows”)

's fheàrr a bhith cinnteach na caillteach ― better safe than sorry
In conjunction with the preposition le: to prefer
is fheàrr leam cofaidh na tì ― I prefer coffee to tea
In conjunction with the preposition do: to be better for
is fheàrr dhut falbh ― you had better leave

^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 240
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 11
^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
^ Ó Maolalaigh, Roibeard (2008), “'Bochanan modhail foghlaimte': Tiree Gaelic, lexicology and Glasgow's historical dictionary of Scottish Gaelic”, in Scottish Gaelic Studies, volume 24, Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen, →ISSN, pages 473-523