frithir
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish frithir.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
frithir (genitive singular feminine frithire, plural frithire, comparative frithire)
- sore, tender (sensitive or painful)
- Synonyms: tinn, goilliúnach
- eager, earnest
- Synonym: díograiseach
- keen, intense
- Synonyms: dian, díograiseach
- (obsolete) peevish
- Synonym: cantalach
Declension[edit]
Declension of frithir
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | 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[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| frithir | fhrithir | bhfrithir |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ “frithir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 frithir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 175, page 67
Further reading[edit]
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “friṫir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 335
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “frithir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN