Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish Febra, from Old Irish Febrae, from Latin Februārius.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Feabhra f or m (genitive Feabhra, nominative plural Feabhraí)
- February (second month of the Gregorian calendar)
Declension
Declension of Feabhra (fourth declension)
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- Alternative declension
Declension of Feabhra (fourth declension)
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Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
See also
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “febra(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 99, page 28; reprinted 1988
- ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish][1] (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 108, page 49
Further reading
- “Feabhra”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Feaḃra”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 430; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Feabhra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Feabhra”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Feabhra”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025