faobhar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fáebar (“sharp edge, keenness, sharpness”).

Noun

faobhar m (genitive singular faobhair, nominative plural faobhair)

  1. sharp edge (literal and figurative)
  2. edge
  3. sharp-edged instrument, blade, sword

Declension
Declension of faobhar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative faobhar faobhair
Vocative a fhaobhair a fhaobhara
Genitive faobhair faobhar
Dative faobhar faobhair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an faobhar na faobhair
Genitive an fhaobhair na bhfaobhar
Dative leis an bhfaobhar

don fhaobhar

 leis na faobhair

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faobhar fhaobhar bhfaobhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fáebar (“sharp edge, keenness, sharpness”).

Noun

faobhar m (genitive singular faobhair, plural faobharan)

  1. edge (of cutting instrument)
  2. ridge

Derived terms
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