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ferr

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See also: ferr-

Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin īnfernus.

Noun

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ferr m (definite ferri)

  1. hell, heck
    Synonyms: skëterrë, xhenem

Declension

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Cornish

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Adjective

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ferr

  1. Mixed mutation of berr.

Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *werros, from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (peak). Akin to Latin verrūca (steep place, height), Lithuanian viršùs (top, head) and Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, top, peak).[1] Alternatively, derived from Proto-Celtic *uɸer- (over, on) (a variant of *uɸor-), as in Gaulish *Werkingetorīx (literally super-warrior-king), from Proto-Indo-European *upér.[2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ferr

  1. comparative degree of maith: better, best
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 15c23
      Hóre is cuci rigmi, is ferr dún placere illi.
      Since it is to him we will go, it is better for us to please him.

Descendants

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  • Irish: fearr
  • Manx: share
  • Scottish Gaelic: feàrr

Mutation

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Mutation of ferr
radical lenition nasalization
ferr ḟerr ferr
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

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

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “Werro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kim McCone (1994) chapter II, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, section 20.3, page 125

Old Norse

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Verb

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ferr

  1. second-person/third-person singular present indicative active of fara