fear, g. fir, pl. id., m., a man, a husband; fear tighe, a householder, man of the house; fear bréige, a statue or other object dressed to counterfeit a man, a scarecrow; fear ceoil, a musician; fear dlighidh, a lawyer; fear feasa, a seer, a wizard; fear leighis, a physician, one who practises medicinal remedies; fear seilge, a hunter; fear coiméadta, a keeper, a guardian; fear báid, a boatman; fear aisig, a ferryman; fear oibre, a labourer; fear siubhail, a man who travels, a tramp; an fear mór, the devil. The pl. is feara in compound numerals, as ceithre feara déag, fourteen men; the nom. and voc. pl. fearaibh is very common, being on ofthe instances in which the -ibh is pron. in pl. in Con. and Don. féar, g. féir, m., grass, hay; the lea; f. fliuch, pasturage, as opposed to f. tirim, saved hay, as fodder; f. bó, the grass fodder of a cow for the year. (féar without a qualifying adjective expresses either hay or grass.)