ferr

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See also: ferr-

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin īnfernus.

Noun

ferr m (definite ferri)

hell, heck
Synonyms: skëterrë, xhenem

Declension

Declension of ferr

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	ferr	ferri
accusative	ferr	ferrin
dat./abl.	ferri	ferrit

Cornish

Adjective

ferr

Mixed mutation of berr.

Old Irish

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): [ɸʲer͈]

Adjective

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. 15^c23
  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.

Descendants

Irish: fearr
Manx: share
Scottish Gaelic: feàrr

Mutation

Mutation of *ferr*
radical	lenition	nasalization
ferr	ḟerr	ferr pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

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

References

^ 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

Verb

ferr

second-person/third-person singular present indicative active of fara

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “Werro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

[2] 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

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