frigh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish frige.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /fʲɾʲiː/

Noun

frigh f (genitive singular frighde, nominative plural frighdidhe or frighdeacha)

1. Archaic and Ulster form of fríd (“fleshworm, mite”)

Declension

Declension of frigh (irregular)

bare forms case singular plural nominative frigh frighdidhe vocative a fhrigh a fhrighdidhe genitive frighde frighdidhe dative frighid frighdidhe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhrigh na frighdidhe genitive na frighde na bhfrighdidhe dative leis an bhfrighid don fhrighid leis na frighdidhe

• Dative plural forms: frighdidhibh, frighdeachaibh
• Alternative plural form: frighdeacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of frigh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
frigh	fhrigh	bhfrigh

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “friġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 334
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “frigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN