fiar

Gaelic (Scots)

/fjiəɾ/

adj
Definitions
  • bent, crooked
  • slanting, oblique
  • squinting of an eye
  • cunning, sly

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Irish fiar (bent, crooked) inherited from Proto-Celtic *wēros (crooked) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁i-ro-s (turned, twisted), *weh₁y- (twist, weave, wind, twine, turn, plait, enclose, cover, rotate, pursue, chase, bend).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*weh₁y-

Gloss

twist, weave, wind, twine, turn, plait, enclose, cover, rotate, pursue, chase, bend

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

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Emoji
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