Fearn (letter)
Encyclopedia
Fearn is the Irish
name of the third letter of the Ogham
alphabet, , meaning "alder-tree
". In Old Irish, the letter name was Fern, which is related to Welsh
gwern(en). Its Primitive Irish root was * and its phonetic value then was [w]. Its Old Irish and modern phonetic value is [f].
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
name of the third letter of the Ogham
Ogham
Ogham is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the Old Irish language, and occasionally the Brythonic language. Ogham is sometimes called the "Celtic Tree Alphabet", based on a High Medieval Bríatharogam tradition ascribing names of trees to the individual letters.There are roughly...
alphabet, , meaning "alder-tree
Alder
Alder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants belonging to the birch family . The genus comprises about 30 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, few reaching large size, distributed throughout the North Temperate Zone and in the Americas along the Andes southwards to...
". In Old Irish, the letter name was Fern, which is related to Welsh
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
gwern(en). Its Primitive Irish root was * and its phonetic value then was [w]. Its Old Irish and modern phonetic value is [f].