fer in Middle Irish

IPA: /ˈɸʲeɾ/ Forms: fir [genitive], fir [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], fer [error-unrecognized-form], ḟer [error-unrecognized-form] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old Irish fer, from Primitive Irish *ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ (*viras), from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Etymology templates: {{inh|mga|sga|fer}} Old Irish fer, {{inh|mga|pgl|*ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ}} Primitive Irish *ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ (*viras), {{inh|mga|cel-pro|*wiros}} Proto-Celtic *wiros, {{inh|mga|ine-pro|*wiHrós}} Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Head templates: {{head|mga|noun|||genitive|fir|||||nominative plural|fir|||||cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir), {{mga-noun|m|fir|fir}} fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "fear"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Manx",
      "lang_code": "gv",
      "word": "fer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "fear"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "fer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish fer",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "pgl",
        "3": "*ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ"
      },
      "expansion": "Primitive Irish *ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ (*viras)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*wiros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *wiros",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wiHrós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish fer, from Primitive Irish *ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ (*viras), from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fir",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fir",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fer",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ḟer",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "fir",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "fir",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "fir",
        "3": "fir"
      },
      "expansion": "fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)",
      "name": "mga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Irish",
  "lang_code": "mga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 31 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "mga",
          "name": "Male people",
          "orig": "mga:Male people",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "ferchuitred"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "man"
      ],
      "id": "en-fer-mga-noun-SLZ24rEH",
      "links": [
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɸʲeɾ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fer"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ferchuitred"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "fear"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Manx",
      "lang_code": "gv",
      "word": "fer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "fear"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "fer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish fer",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "pgl",
        "3": "*ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ"
      },
      "expansion": "Primitive Irish *ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ (*viras)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*wiros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *wiros",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wiHrós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish fer, from Primitive Irish *ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ (*viras), from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fir",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fir",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fer",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ḟer",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "fir",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "fir",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "fir",
        "3": "fir"
      },
      "expansion": "fer m (genitive fir, nominative plural fir)",
      "name": "mga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Irish",
  "lang_code": "mga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle Irish lemmas",
        "Middle Irish masculine nouns",
        "Middle Irish nouns",
        "Middle Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Middle Irish terms derived from Primitive Irish",
        "Middle Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Middle Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Middle Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "Middle Irish terms inherited from Primitive Irish",
        "Middle Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Middle Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Pages with 31 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "mga:Male people"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "man"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɸʲeɾ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fer"
}

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{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: fer/Middle Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "fer"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fer",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "fer"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fer",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
    "fer"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fer",
  "trace": ""
}

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"fer" meaning in Middle Irish

Noun