fríd
See also: frid, frið, and fríð
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʲɾʲiːdʲ/
Etymology 1
From earlier frighid, originally the dative singular of frigh, from Middle Irish frige.
Noun
fríd f (genitive singular fríde, nominative plural frídí or frídeacha)
- fleshworm, mite
Declension
Declension of fríd
Second declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural form: frídeacha
Alternative forms
- frigh (archaic)
Derived terms
- frídeog
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “frige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “friġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 334
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fríd”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “fríd” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “fríd” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Etymology 2
From a conflation of fri and trí, of which the form before the definite article is tríd.
Preposition
fríd (plus dative, triggers no mutation)
- Ulster form of trí (“through”)
Inflection
Inflection of fríd
Person | Normal | Emphatic |
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1st person sing. | fríom | fríomsa |
2d person sing. | fríod | fríotsa |
3d sing. masc. | fríd | frítsean |
3d sing. fem. | fríthe | frífse |
1st person pl. | frínn | frínne |
2d person pl. | fríbh | fríbhse |
3d person pl. | fríofa | fríofasan |
Pronoun
fríd (emphatic frídsean)
- third-person singular masculine of fríd (“through”)
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “frí”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 334
- Ó Baoill, Dónall P. (1996) An Teanga Bheo: Gaeilge Uladh, Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann, →ISBN, pages 92, 96, 152
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fríd”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 67
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fríd | fhríd | bhfríd |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |