# foghar
## Irish
### Etymology 1

From Old Irish fogur (“sound”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /fˠauɾˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /fˠoːɾˠ/

#### Noun

foghar m (genitive singular foghair, nominative plural foghair)
* sound
* (phonetics) phone

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
foghar
foghair
vocative
a fhoghair
a fhoghara
genitive
foghair
foghar
dative
foghar
foghair
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an foghar
na foghair
genitive
an fhoghair
na bhfoghar
dative
leis an bhfoghar don fhoghar
leis na foghair :

##### Derived terms

* foghrach

### Etymology 2

From Middle Irish fogur, from Anglo-Norman favour, from Latin favor (“good will; kindness; partiality”), from faveō (“to be kind to”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Ulster) IPA: /fˠeːɾˠ/

#### Noun

foghar m (genitive singular foghair, nominative plural foghair)
* Ulster form of fabhar (“favor”)

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
foghar
foghair
vocative
a fhoghair
a fhoghara
genitive
foghair
foghar
dative
foghar
foghair
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an foghar
na foghair
genitive
an fhoghair
na bhfoghar
dative
leis an bhfoghar don fhoghar
leis na foghair :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fogar ‘favour, indulgence’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fogur ‘sound’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “foġar ‘sound’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 322
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “foġar ‘favour’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 322
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foghar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “foghar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology 1

From Middle Irish fogamur (“harvest”), from Old Irish fogamar, fogomur (“autumn”). Compare Irish fómhar, Manx fouyr.

#### Pronunciation

* (Lewis, Harris) IPA: /ˈfɤvəɾ/
* (Uist, Barra) IPA: /ˈfɔu.əɾ/, [ˈfɔ̝u.əɾ]
* (Skye) IPA: /ˈfɤu.əɾ/
* (Wester Ross) IPA: /ˈfɤ.uɾ/, /ˈfɤu.uɾ/, /ˈfɔu.uɾ/, [ˈfö̞.uɾ]
* (Coigach) IPA: /ˈfɤɣæɾʲ/

#### Noun

foghar m (genitive singular foghair, plural fogharan)
* harvest
* autumn
    as t-fhoghar ― in autumn
    Tha na duilleagan a' tuiteam leis an fhoghar. ― The leaves are falling with autumn.

#### See also

* seasons: ràithean: earrach · samhradh · foghar · geamhradh

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish fogur (“sound”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfo.əɾ/

#### Noun

foghar m (genitive singular foghair, plural fogharan)
* (phonetics) phone

##### Derived terms

* dà-fhoghar (“diphthong”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* 1 2 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* 1 2 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN