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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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
freagair fhreagair bhfreagair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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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[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN