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4-letter words (2 found)

FAIR,FIAR,

3-letter words (8 found)

AIR,ARF,FAR,FIR,FRA,RAI,RIA,RIF,

2-letter words (4 found)

AI,AR,FA,IF,

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Definitions and meaning of fiar

fiar

English

Etymology

Perhaps from fee +‎ -ar, compare feuar.

Noun

fiar (plural fiars)

  1. (Scots law) One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a liferenter.
  2. The price of grain in the counties of Scotland, as legally fixed on an annual basis.

Derived terms

  • fiars prices

Anagrams

  • RIFA, fair, rifa-

Bavarian

Etymology 1

From Old High German furi. Cognate with German für.

Preposition

fiar

  1. Form of fia used before a vowel.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • via

Numeral

fiar

  1. four

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere (“to trust”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [fiˈa]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [fiˈaɾ]

Verb

fiar (first-person singular present fio, first-person singular preterite fií, past participle fiat)

  1. (transitive) to sell on credit
  2. (reflexive) to trust [with de]
    Synonym: confiar
    Antonym: malfiar-se

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

  • confiar

Further reading

  • “fiar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin ferrum. Compare Italian ferro, Romanian and Romansch fier, Friulian fiêr, French fer, Sardinian ferru, Spanish hierro.

Noun

fiar m

  1. iron

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfjaɾ/ [ˈfjaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese fiar, from Vulgar Latin *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere. Compare Portuguese and Spanish fiar.

Verb

fiar (first-person singular present fío, first-person singular preterite fiei, past participle fiado)
fiar (first-person singular present fio, first-person singular preterite fiei, past participle fiado, reintegrationist norm)

  1. to guarantee
  2. to sell on credit, give credit
  3. to entrust
  4. to confide
Conjugation
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese fiar, from Late Latin fīlāre, from Latin fīlum (“thread”). Derivable from fío +‎ -ar. Compare Portuguese fiar, Spanish hilar.

Verb

fiar (first-person singular present fío, first-person singular preterite fiei, past participle fiado)

  1. to spin (make yarn)
  2. to string together, put together (words or ideas)
Conjugation
Related terms

References

  • Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fiar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fiar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fiar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fiar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fiar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fiar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish fíar, from Proto-Celtic *weiros (compare Welsh gŵyr), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁i-ro-s (“turned, twisted”) (compare English wire), from *weh₁y- (“turn, twist”) (compare Old Church Slavonic вити (viti), Latin vieō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʲiəɾˠ/

Noun

fiar m (genitive singular fiair, nominative plural fiara)

  1. slant, tilt, bias, obliquity
  2. bend, twist; crookedness, perverseness

Declension

Adjective

fiar (genitive singular masculine féir, genitive singular feminine féire, plural fiara, comparative féire)

  1. slanting, tilted, oblique, diagonal, crosswise
  2. bent, warped, crooked, perverse

Declension

Derived terms

  • fiarshúil

Verb

fiar (present analytic fiarann, future analytic fiarfaidh, verbal noun fiaradh, past participle fiartha)

  1. slant, tilt, veer, turn
  2. bend, twist, distort

Conjugation

Mutation

References

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fiar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “fiar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Norman

Etymology

From Latin ferus (compare French fier).

Adjective

fiar m

  1. (Guernsey) pleased

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi.ˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere.

Verb

fiar

  1. to trust
Conjugation
Related terms
  • fiador
Descendants
  • Galician: fiar
  • Portuguese: fiar

Further reading

  • Universo Cantigas - "fiar1"

Etymology 2

Inherited from Late Latin fīlāre.

Verb

fiar

  2. to spin (thread)
Conjugation
Related terms
  • fio
Descendants
  • Galician: fiar
  • Portuguese: fiar

Further reading

  • Universo Cantigas - "fiar2"

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: fi‧ar

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fiar, from Vulgar Latin *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere. Compare Galician and Spanish fiar.

Verb

fiar (first-person singular present fio, first-person singular preterite fiei, past participle fiado)

  1. (Portugal) to trust
    Synonyms: confiar, acreditar
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fiar, from Late Latin fīlāre, from Latin fīlum. Derivable from fio +‎ -ar. Compare Galician fiar, Spanish hilar.

Verb

fiar (first-person singular present fio, first-person singular preterite fiei, past participle fiado)

  1. to spin (thread)
Conjugation

Derived terms

  • desfiar

Related terms

  • fio

References

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • fiaraich (verb)

Etymology

From Middle Irish fíar, from Proto-Celtic *weiros (compare Welsh gŵyr), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁i-ro-s (“turned, twisted”) (compare English wire), from *weh₁-y (“turn, twist”) (compare Old Church Slavonic вити (viti), Latin vieō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiəɾ/

Adjective

fiar (comparative fiara)

  1. bent, crooked
  2. slanting, oblique
  3. squinting (of an eye)
  4. cunning, sly

Verb

fiar (past dh'fhiar, future fiaraidh, verbal noun fiaradh, past participle fiarte)

  1. bend (become bent)
  2. bend, slant, twist

Mutation

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “fiar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fíar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fiar, from Vulgar Latin *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere with a change in conjugation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfjaɾ/ [ˈfjaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: fiar

Verb

fiar (first-person singular present fío, first-person singular preterite fie, past participle fiado)

  1. to guarantee
  2. to sell on credit; to give credit; to put on the slate
  3. to entrust
  4. to confide
  5. (reflexive) (+ de) to trust
    Synonym: confiar

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “fiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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