fairrge

Irish

Noun

fairrge f (genitive singular fairrge, nominative plural fairrgidhe or fairrgeadha)

1. Superseded spelling of farraige.

Declension

Declension of fairrge (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fairrge fairrgí vocative a fhairrge a fhairrgí genitive fairrge fairrgí dative fairrge fairrgí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhairrge na fairrgí genitive na fairrge na bhfairrgí dative leis an bhfairrge don fhairrge leis na fairrgí

Mutation

Mutated forms of fairrge

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fairrge	fhairrge	bhfairrge

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

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• fairge, foirrgae, fairggae

Etymology

Possibly from the root of fairsiung (“ample, broad”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɸar͈ɡʲe]

Noun

fairrge f (genitive fairrge, nominative plural fairrgi)

1. sea, ocean

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	fairrgeL	fairrgiL	fairrgi
vocative	fairrgeL	fairrgiL	fairrgi
accusative	fairrgiN	fairrgiL	fairrgi
genitive	fairrge	fairrgeL	fairrgeN
dative	fairrgiL	fairrgib	fairrgib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: farraige
• Manx: faarkey
• Scottish Gaelic: fairge

Mutation

Mutation of fairrge

radical	lenition	nasalization
fairrge	ḟairrge	fairrge pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fairrge, fairge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language