fréamh
Irish
Alternative forms
- freumh (obsolete)
- préamh (Munster)
- preumh (Munster, obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish frém, prém, from older frén.
Pronunciation
- (Aran) IPA(key): /fʲɾʲeːvˠ/
Noun
fréamh f (genitive singular fréimhe, nominative plural fréamhacha)
- root
- source, origin
- (literary) rootstock, race
- (linguistics, chemistry) radical
Declension
Declension of fréamh
Second declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Archaic weak plural forms:
- Nominative/vocative: fréamha
- Genitive: fréamh
- Dative: fréamhaibh
Derived terms
- aigéadfhréamh f (“acid radical”)
- bunfhréamh f (“tap-root; founder”)
- comhfhréamhach (“having the same root, conjugate”, adjective)
- fréamhach m (“roots”)
- fréamhach (“pertaining to roots; having roots; rooted, established”, adjective)
- fréamhaigh (“root; take root; spring, descend (from); derive (from)”, verb)
- fréamhaí m (“derivative”)
- fréamhaí (“radical”, adjective)
- fréamh-ais f (“radical axis”)
- fréamhán m (“radicle”)
- fréamhbhrú m (“root pressure”)
- fréamhchumhdach m (“root cap”)
- fréamhfhocal m (“root-word”)
- fréamhlár m (“radical centre”)
- fréamhnóidín m (“root nodule”)
- fréamhnóta m (“fundamental”)
- fréamhribe m (“root hair”)
- fréamh-roghchlár m (“root menu”)
- fréamhshamhail f (“prototype”)
- sainfhréamh f (“characteristic root”)
- socfhréamh f (“tap root”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fréamh | fhréamh | bhfréamh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fréamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “frém”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “frén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “prém”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “fréaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 334
- Entries containing “fréamh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “fréamh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.