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Bardachd Ghaidhlig.
for foinnighthe, the old part,
pass, of foinnich (foinnighim),
to temper.
foirm, noise; gun cluinnte f.
bhur gunnaichean—T. 30; tog-
amaid le f. i (.i. an tosta)—T.
32; chluinnte f. air an dannsa
—T. 16.
foirm, 6009, fashion, plan, design;
Lat. forma.
foirmealachd, f., 2828, briskness.
foirmeil, 2898, 4403, loud-sound¬
ing, noisy; foirm, noise.
foirmeil, 4134, brisk, lively ; 5335,
stately ; foirm, fuirm, form.
foirne, 655, a brigade, troop; g.
of foireann, used as nom.
foireann, f., a troop; 6375, chess¬
men ; the complement of a
chess-board; so 5587, fir foirne.
foirtreun, 4476, very bold; for,
“super,” very, and treun.
foistinneach, 1085, 3177, 4678, 5386
calm ; fois, rest.
fdlach, m., 4067, rank grass grow¬
ing on dunghills.
folachd, f., 5222, 5392, noble blood,
extraction, lineage ; fol-, com¬
positional form of fuil, blood.
fonn, m., 19, 6717, frame of mind,
mood, humour; 1252, mood,
aspect.
fonnmhor, 1840, cheerful, lively,
pleasant.
fore, f., 2796, cramp.
foras, m., 4710, inquiry, know¬
ledge; Ir. foras, a basis; his¬
tory, true knowledge.
fothail, f., 177, glee, hubbub; for
othail, with / prefixed.
fdtus, m., 2900, 2993, 4068, refuse,
corruption.
fraigh, f., 828, a side wall, Lat.
paries; a shelf; “fraighean
failmhe d’a bus!”, empty
shelves to her gab !—a N.
Uist imprecation.
fraoch, m., 5631, 6037, anger; Ir.
fraoch, fury.
frasach, 2538, copious, generous.
frasachd, f., 3041, rain; 5598,
attack; M. Ir. fras, shower,
attack.
freasdal, m., attending, waiting
on, awaiting; 1547, am f., in
expectation ; freasdlach, 6316,
watchful, alert.
friogh, m., (1) a bristle, hackle ;
(21 anger; is f. air an fhior
bhriiid—G. 298.
frioghail, 1922, keen, sharp,; lit.,
bristly; friogh, a bristle; cf. for
meaning colgail.
frith-lewmraich, f., 2971, dancing,
prancing ; frith, diminutive, as
in frithiasg, small fry, &c.; frith
means primarily to, side.
frdg, f., 5682, a hole.
frogail, 21, blithe, cheerful; frog,
frois, 3700, 4467, to shake, fall off
the stem (of apples, corn); 723,
besprinkle (with shot).
fuaigheal, m., sewing; 5117, the
seam of planks in a boat; see
fuaimearra, 229, resounding;
fuaim.
fuaradh, m., 4465, 4987, cold
blast; an crann nach lubadh ri
f.—R.C. II., 317; 6904, the
weather or windward side; dol
san f., beating to windward;
cridhe an fhuaraidh, the eye of
the wind—A.M. 177; see
fasgadh.
fuaraidh, 427, 4366, cold, fireless;
Ir. fuardha.
fuaran, m., a well; 1789, 3012, a
green spot beside a well among
heather; a green spot among
heather ; laigh an eilid air an
fhuaran—D.M. ; h-uile graigh
mhunaidh a chleachd bhi air
fuarain—Rob. Stewart, 63 ;
greigh each air t’ fhuarain
ghorm—A.M. 50 (1924);
aoltair an fhuarain—Duan. 62.