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See also: ferr-
Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin īnfernus.
Noun[edit]
ferr m (definite ferri)
Declension[edit]
Declension of ferr
Cornish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ferr
- Mixed mutation of berr.
Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”).[1] Alternatively, derived from Proto-Celtic *uɸer- (“over, on”) (a variant of *uɸor-), as in Gaulish *Werkingetorīx (literally “super-warrior-king”), from Proto-Indo-European *upér.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ferr
- 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.
- 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
Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| 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. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “Werro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Kim McCone (1994) chapter II, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, section 20.3, page 125
Old Norse[edit]
Verb[edit]
ferr
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- Albanian terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Albanian terms borrowed from Latin
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- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian nouns
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- Albanian uncountable nouns
- Cornish non-lemma forms
- Cornish mutated adjectives
- Cornish mixed-mutation forms
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wers- (rise)
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish non-lemma forms
- Old Irish comparative adjectives
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- Old Norse non-lemma forms
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