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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
fàrradh, litter in a boat:
farragan, a ledge (Arran), = faradh, dh hardened.
farraid, ask, inquire; faghairt (Perth), which suggests fo-gar-t, root gar, speak. Cf. iarr.
farral, farran, anger, force, Ir. farrán, vexation, anger, forrán, oppression, M. Ir. forrán, destruction, E. Ir. forranach, destructive. Hence G. farrant, great, stout, Ir. farránta (O'B.). Also farrach. The root seems to mean "superiority"; root vers, vors, as in feàrr, q.v.?
farrusg, a peeling, inner rind; M. Ir. forrusc; from for and rùsg, q.v.
farruinn, pinnacle; from far and rinn.
farsaing, wide; better fairsing, q.v.
farspach, farspag, arspag, a seagull:
farum, noise, Ir. fothrum, E. Ir. fothrom, fothrond, W. godornn, tumultuous nois (Hend.); for fo-thorm, from toirm. Stokes suggest fo-thrond, from torann. The roots are allied in either case.
fàs, grow, Ir. fásaim, O. Ir. ásaim, fásaim, root aux, aüg, increase, Lat. augeo, Gr. αὔξω, Eng. eke, wax. Stokes and Strachan refer fás to a stem (p)ât-to-, pát, pat, eat, feed, Gr. πατέομαι, eat, Eng. feed, food. Lat. pasco, pastum.
fàs, empty, waste, fàsach, a desert, Ir. fás, fásach, O. Ir. fás, fáas, vanus, fásach, desert: *vâsto-s, a waste; Lat. vastus, vastare; Eng. waste, Ger. wüste. Hence fàsan, refuse of grain: "waste". fásach, desert, is neuter, see M'A. pref. VIII.
fasair, harness, girth-saddle; see asair.
fasan, fashion; from the Eng.
fasdadh, hiring, binding, Ir. fastogh, hiring, see foisteadh.
fasdail, astail, a dwelling, E. Ir. fastud, holding fast, vb. astaim, fastaim, O. Ir. asstai, moratur, adsaitis, residentes, *ad-sod-, root sed, sod of suidhe (Thur.). W. eistedd, sitting, is for *ex-sod-ijo. It is possible to refer astaim to *ad-stâ-, root sta, stand, Lat. sto; the -asda of farasda, "staid", seems from it (cf. tairis).
fasgadh, shelter, Ir. fosgadh, O. Ir. foscad, umbra: *fo-scáth, "sub-umbra"; see sgàth, shade.
fasgaidh, a picking or cleansing off of vermin. See faisg. fasgnadh?
fasgnadh, winnowing, fasgnag, asgnag, corn-fan, Ir. fasgnaim, I purge.
faspan, difficulty, embarrassment:
fath, a mole; see famh.
fàth, vista (Carm.):
