fàire

See also: faire and fairé

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Possibly from fàir (“dawn”), from Middle Irish fáir, from Proto-Celtic *wāris (“sunrise”).

Noun

fàire f (genitive singular fàire, plural fàirean)

  1. horizon, skyline

Usage notes

  • Used without the definite article:
    chuala sinn coisiche air fàire - we saw a walker on the horizon

References

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “fàir”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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