Irish word

fhear

past of fear

verbmasculine/aɾˠ/

fhear means “past of fear” in Irish and is used as a verb. Its recorded IPA pronunciation is /aɾˠ/.

Mutation forms

Ní bhfuair m'fhear bás.

My husband didn't die.

Ba fhear iontach é.

He was a wonderful man.

Cuireadh beirt fhear fiche bliain d'aois i bpríosún.

Two men twenty years of age were taken to prison.

Is fada m'fhear céile imithe uaim.

My husband has been gone for a long time.

Leag beirt fhear go talamh í agus ghoid siad a mála láimhe.

Two men knocked her to the ground and stole her handbag.

EmotionsTime

tosaigh

to begin

críochnaigh

finish

buartha

worried

scanraithe

scared

níos

tuig

realize

lean

to follow

fan

to wait

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