Irish local names explained

Vocabulary of IrisJi Root Worda. 101
F;i?ach [fau??agh], a wilderness; fasagh, fasaagh, fris-a.
Feadan [faddaun], a streamlet faddan, jfeddan, Jiddan,
;
fiddane, eddan.
Feadog [faddogej, a plover ; viddoge, vaddoge, faddoch,
feddock.
Feannog [fannoge], a scaldcrow ; Jimioge, funnock, van-
noge.
Fear [far], a man; fir, feara, men; fcr, /r, and by-
eclipse, 7iavar.
Fearann [farran], land ; farran, farn, arran.
Fearn, fearnog [farn, farnoge], the alder ti-cc ; farn,
Jem, farnagh, fcrney , favnane, farnoge, navaru, navern,
navarna.
Fearsad [farsad], a sand bank formed in a river by tlie
opposing currents of tide and stream; farset, farsid,
farsad, fast.
Fert, ferta, a trench, a grave ; ferf, farta, firta, fartha,
arta, navart.
Fiach [feeagh], a raven ; ee, tha, eigh, naveagh.
Fiadh [feea], a deer ; eigh, eag, naveigh.
Fidh [iih], a wood ; fee, fi, feigh, feth, fdli, fid.
Fionn, fiun
fune, foun.
[fin], white, clear, transparent; fin, finn,
Fiord (Danish), a sea inlet ; ford.
Fornocbt, a bare, naked, or exposed hill ; forenagld,
fornaght, farnaght.
Fraecli [freagli], heath; freagh, freiigh, free, ree.
Fuaran [fooran], a cold spring; see Uaran.
Fuinnse, fuinnseann, fuiimseog [funsha, funshan, funshoge],
the ash tree funcheon, funshin, ; funnJiinaglu
fxmchoge. The /is omitted in the north, giving n-c
to such forms as unsJiin, unshinagh, inshinagh, un h ,
hinchoge.
Gabhal [goul, gole], a fork, a river fork ; goul, guh-,
goicel, goole, gola.
Gabhar [gour], a goat ; goiver, gour, gore.
Gaertha [gairha], a thicket along a river ; gearha, gearagh,
geeragli, gairha, geary.
Gall [Gaul], a foreigner, a Gaid ; a standing stone ;
gall, gal, gaid, guile, gill, gullia.
Gallan [gallaun], a standing stone gallon, gid\(ne.
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