"fer" meaning in Middle Irish

See fer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɸʲeɾ/ Forms: fir [genitive], fir [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], fer [error-unrecognized-form], ḟer [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From Old Irish fer, from Primitive Irish *ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ (*viras), from Proto-Celtic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Etymology templates: {{etymon|mga|:inh|sga:fer}}, {{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)
  1. man Tags: masculine Derived forms: ferchuitred
    Sense id: en-fer-mga-noun-SLZ24rEH Categories (other): Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 31 entries, Pages with entries, Male people
     
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