ferr

See also: ferr-

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin īnfernus.

Noun

ferr m (definite singular ferri)

  1. hell, heck
    Synonyms: skëterrë, xhenem

Declension

Cornish

Adjective

ferr

  1. Mixed mutation of berr.

Old Irish

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fʲer͈]

Adjective

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

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

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
ferr ḟerr ferr
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Norse

Verb

ferr

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