frithéileamh

Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) +‎ éileamh (“claim, demand”, noun).

Noun

frithéileamh m (genitive singular frithéilimh, nominative plural frithéilimh)

1. verbal noun of frithéiligh
2. (law) counter-claim

Declension

Declension of frithéileamh (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative frithéileamh frithéilimh vocative a fhrithéilimh a fhrithéileamha genitive frithéilimh frithéileamh dative frithéileamh frithéilimh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an frithéileamh na frithéilimh genitive an fhrithéilimh na bhfrithéileamh dative leis an bhfrithéileamh don fhrithéileamh leis na frithéilimh

Mutation

Mutated forms of frithéileamh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
frithéileamh	fhrithéileamh	bhfrithéileamh

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “frithéileamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN