frithir
Irish
Alternative forms
- frithear, friothmhar
Etymology
From Middle Irish frithir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfʲɾʲɪhəɾʲ/
Adjective
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
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
| 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. | ||
Further reading
- “frithir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 frithir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- 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
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 67