fear siúil

Irish

Etymology

From fear (“mean”) +‎ siúl (“walking”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fʲaɾˠ ˈʃuːlʲ/

Noun

fear siúil m (genitive singular fir shiúil, nominative plural fir shiúil)

hobo, itinerant, tramp

Declension

Declension of fear siúil

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fear siúil	fir shiúil
Vocative	a fhir shiúil	a fheara siúil
Genitive	fir shiúil	fear siúil
Dative	fear siúil	fir shiúil

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fear siúil	na fir shiúil
Genitive	an fhir shiúil	na bhfear siúil
Dative	leis an bhfear siúil don fhear siúil	leis na fir shiúil

Further reading

Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “fear”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 304
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 39

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