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fa

particle

LanguageIrish

Meaning
  1. obsolete form of ba (“was”) (past affirmative and relative of is).
  2. was
  3. An old-fashioned way to say 'was' in Irish, functioning as a form of the verb 'to be'.
Examples

gurab Alba fá hainm don chrích sin

that that country’s name was Scotland

Part of speechparticle

Usage noteThis is an archaic or obsolete form that is rarely used in modern Irish.

Status: Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

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Source: adapted from English Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors) via kaikki.org (Wiktextract), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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