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freagair

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ·frecair, prototonic form of fris·gair, from frith- (against) + gairid (calls).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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freagair (present analytic freagraíonn, future analytic freagróidh, verbal noun freagairt, past participle freagartha)

  1. to answer

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of freagair
radical lenition eclipsis
freagair fhreagair bhfreagair

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

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 94

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ·frecair, prototonic form of fris·gair, from fri (against) + gairid (calls).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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freagair (past fhreagair, future freagairidh, verbal noun freagairt, past participle freagairte)

  1. answer, reply
    Freagair an duine.Answer the man.
  2. suit, befit
  3. match, fit, correspond to, tally

Usage notes

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  • In the senses "suit", "fit" etc used with the prepositions do, ri and air:
    Am freagair an còta dhomh/rium/orm?Will the coat suit me?

Conjugation

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Conjugation of freagair (regular)
stem freagair
verbal noun freagairt
past participle freagairte
singular plural impersonal
first second third m/f first second third
independent past fhreagair mi fhreagair thu fhreagair e/i fhreagair sinn fhreagair sibh fhreagair iad fhreagaireadh
future freagairidh mi freagairidh tu freagairidh e/i freagairidh sinn freagairidh sibh freagairidh iad freagairear
freagairtear
conditional fhreagairinn fhreagaireadh tu fhreagaireadh e/i fhreagaireamaid
fhreagaireadh sinn
fhreagaireadh sibh fhreagaireadh iad fhreagairteadh
fhreagairist1
fhreagairiste1
negative past cha do fhreagair mi cha do fhreagair thu cha do fhreagair e/i cha do fhreagair sinn cha do fhreagair sibh cha do fhreagair iad cha do fhreagaireadh
future cha fhreagair mi cha fhreagair thu cha fhreagair e/i cha fhreagair sinn cha fhreagair sibh cha fhreagair iad cha fhreagairear
cha fhreagairtear
conditional cha fhreagairinn cha fhreagaireadh tu cha fhreagaireadh e/i cha fhreagaireamaid
cha fhreagaireadh sinn
cha fhreagaireadh sibh cha fhreagaireadh iad cha fhreagairteadh
cha fhreagairist1
cha fhreagairiste1
affirmative
interrogative
past an do fhreagair mi? an do fhreagair thu? an do fhreagair e/i? an do fhreagair sinn? an do fhreagair sibh? an do fhreagair iad? an do fhreagaireadh?
future am freagair mi? am freagair thu? am freagair e/i? am freagair sinn? am freagair sibh? am freagair iad? am freagairear?
am freagairtear?
conditional am freagairinn? am freagaireadh tu? am freagaireadh e/i? am freagaireamaid?
am freagaireadh sinn?
am freagaireadh sibh? am freagaireadh iad? am freagairteadh?
am freagairist?1
am freagairiste?1
negative
interrogative
past nach do fhreagair mi? nach do fhreagair thu? nach do fhreagair e/i? nach do fhreagair sinn? nach do fhreagair sibh? nach do fhreagair iad? nach do fhreagaireadh?
future nach freagair mi? nach freagair thu? nach freagair e/i? nach freagair sinn? nach freagair sibh? nach freagair iad? nach freagairear?
nach freagairtear?
conditional nach freagairinn? nach freagaireadh tu? nach freagaireadh e/i? nach freagaireamaid?
nach freagaireadh sinn?
nach freagaireadh sibh? nach freagaireadh iad? nach freagairteadh?
nach freagairist?1
nach freagairiste?1
relative
future
affirmative (ma) fhreagaireas mi (ma) fhreagaireas thu (ma) fhreagaireas e/i (ma) fhreagaireas sinn (ma) fhreagaireas sibh (ma) fhreagaireas iad (ma) fhreagairear
negative (mur) freagair mi (mur) freagair thu (mur) freagair e/i (mur) freagair sinn (mur) freagair sibh (mur) freagair iad (mur) freagairear
(mur) freagairtear
imperative freagaiream freagair freagaireadh e/i freagaireamaid freagairibh freagaireadh iad freagairear
freagairtear

1 Lewis dialect form

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of freagair
radical lenition
freagair fhreagair

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

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “freagair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN