prefix, under.

, f., an undertaking, an advancement, a beginning.

, -artha, g. id., f., a salve, a bathing as with eyewater.

(fuabairt), -artha, f., a charge, attack, onset; also trouble, disturbance, disquiet, affront, abuse, insult.

, -bairt and -bair, v. tr. and intr., I begin, commence, undertake; it had like; it meditated; it happens by accident; d'fhóbair olc don urchar, evil nearly came of the cast (poem on Fer.); ba dh'fhóbair dó é do bhriseadh, he nearly broke it (where dh'fhóbair seems from this verb); níor dh'fhóbair ná go mbeinn ann, I had the misfortune to be there; fhóbair damh dearmad do dhéanamh air, I had almost forgotten it (Don.); fhóbair go dtuitfeadh, he almost fell; níor dh'fhóbair liom, I could hardly; níor dh'fhóbair ná go bhfuigheadh sé airgead, not likely that he would not get money, i.e. he would get money.

, under thy. See <<fá>>.

, -aighe, a., of sods; landed.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a little sod; a spot; land, country; fódán na bhFiann, the land of the fenians, i.e. Ireland (Fer. et alii).

, -e, a., long and broad, broad-sodded.

, g. id., f., an ancient name for Ireland, very common in poetry.

, -e, -eacha, f., a service; ability.

, -tighe, a., sufficient; serviceable; good, fit. See fóghanta and fóghantach.

, -artha, f., a warning, a proclamation, a threatening; an expelling, driving away. See <<fógradh>>.

, a., good, useful, serviceable; rud éigin fóghanta, something good or serviceable.

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a servant, an attendant.

, -aighe, a., good, serviceable, useful.

, -a, f., goodness, prosperity, sufficiency, service.

, -ais, m., utility, service, sufficiency.

, -mhair, m., autumn, harvest, harvest-time; the harvest; meitheamh an fhóghmhair, meadhón fóghmhair, September; deireadh fóghmhair, October.

, -aighe, a., autumnal, belonging to autumn, harvest-like, favourable to harvesting operations.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a harvestman.

, -gartha, pl. id. and -graidhe, m., act of announcing, proclaiming, decreeing, enjoining; ordering, commanding (with do); renouncing, excluding (with ó); expelling, banishing; warning; an ordinance, order, a proclamation, decree, command.

, -gradh and -gairt, v. tr., I order, command (with do); renounce, exclude (with ó); I warn, announce; proclaim, decree; táim ag fógairt na mbó sain duit, I bring those cattle formally under your notice (said of cattle that have been trespassing); fógraim uaim é, I warn it off from me, I exclude it.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, f., a small sod; a small farm; a piece or parcel of land; a little pitfall to catch birds; falla f., a sod wall; f. feilbhín, the first green sod turned up in tilling lea, an caol-fhód, id.

, m., a cause of confusion or error, like will-o'-the-wisp (Con.).

, -ghéige, -ghéaga, f., a small or worthless branch.

, in go fóil, yet, still (Don.). See <<fóill>>.

; go f., quietly, softly, slowly, by degrees, gently; often trand. awhile, for awhile, yet; wait! stay! (go fóill is the ordinary word for yet, still, in Roscommon, N. Mayo and Don.); fóillín = a little while; go fóillín, for a little while; ní bhead ag dul abhaile go fóill, I'll not be going home for awhile; tá sé ag cur báistighe go fóill, it is still raining (Con. and U.); fóill! fóill! easy I easy! wait! wait!

, go fóilleach, for awhile.

, m., a little while (used adv.).

(foireann)

, f., a race, a tribe, a ship's crew, a company.

, -e, f., pursuit (Kea.).

, -e, f., help, aid, assistance; tar f., irreparable.

, f., act of helping, succouring.

, vl. fóirithin, fóireacht, v. intr., I help, save, deliver, succour, relieve; go bhfóiridh Dia orm,may God help me.

, v. intr., I suit, fit (do, to) (Don.). See oirim.

See <<fáiríor>>.

, -thne, f., act of helping, succouring, delivering; a help; a healing.

, -nighe, a., suitable, fitting (Don.).

See <<fóirithin>>.

, -e, -eacha, f., an ewe.

, -óir, m., the clamp of a rick of turf; ag cur fóir ar chruaich mhóna, clamping a rick of turf (Clare). See <<caiseal>>.

, -dhe, a., early ripe, ripe before the time; precocious.

, -áil, pl. id., m., the groove in the head of a spindle wherein the sreang or band plays, which puts the spindle in motion.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, a force; in pl., military forces.

, -aighe, a., forceful, powerful, strong.

, -mhla, a., forceful

, ad., also, too, moreover, yet, as yet, still, further, besides; tuilleadh fós, furthermore; acht fós, yet still, but yet; fós is used for still and yet: an bhfuil sé ann fós? is he there still? (that is, has he not gone yet?); ar tháinig sé fós? has he come yet? tá sé luath fós, it is still early; déanfaidh sé rud maith fós, he will be a good man later on.

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a disease in horses affecting the nostrils; glanders; a horse-wasp.