faobhar

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

• bás le faobhar
• cúl le faobhar
• défhaobhrach
• faobhrach
• faobhraigh

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.

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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

• dà-fhaobhrach
• faobhar na lurgainn
• faobhar-gearraidh