frithir

Irish

Alternative forms

  • frithear, friothmhar[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish frithir.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʲɾʲɪhəɾʲ/[3]

Adjective

frithir (genitive singular feminine frithire, plural frithire, comparative frithire)

  1. sore, tender (sensitive or painful)
    Synonyms: tinn, goilliúnach
  2. eager, earnest
    Synonym: díograiseach
  3. keen, intense
    Synonyms: dian, díograiseach
  4. (obsolete) peevish
    Synonym: cantalach

Declension

Declension of frithir
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative frithir fhrithir frithire;
fhrithire2
vocative fhrithir frithire
genitive frithire frithire frithir
dative frithir;
fhrithir1 		fhrithir frithire;
fhrithire2
Comparative níos frithire
Superlative is frithire

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of frithir
radical lenition eclipsis
frithir fhrithir bhfrithir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “frithir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 frithir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 175, page 67

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