frása

See also: frasa and fräsa

Irish

Etymology

From English or French phrase, from Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”), from φράζω (phrázō, “I tell, express”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɾˠɑːsˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɾˠæːsˠə/

Noun

frása m (genitive singular frása, nominative plural frásaí)

1. (linguistics, grammar) phrase (group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
2. phrase (short written or spoken expression)

Declension

Declension of frása (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative frása frásaí vocative a fhrása a fhrásaí genitive frása frásaí dative frása frásaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an frása na frásaí genitive an fhrása na bhfrásaí dative leis an bhfrása don fhrása leis na frásaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of frása

radical	lenition	eclipsis
frása	fhrása	bhfrása

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

Further reading

• “frása”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “frása”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN