frithbhalla

Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) +‎ balla (“wall”).

Noun

frithbhalla m (genitive singular frithbhalla, nominative plural frithbhallaí)

1. (architecture) counterscarp

Declension

Declension of frithbhalla (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative frithbhalla frithbhallaí vocative a fhrithbhalla a fhrithbhallaí genitive frithbhalla frithbhallaí dative frithbhalla frithbhallaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an frithbhalla na frithbhallaí genitive an fhrithbhalla na bhfrithbhallaí dative leis an bhfrithbhalla don fhrithbhalla leis na frithbhallaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of frithbhalla

radical	lenition	eclipsis
frithbhalla	fhrithbhalla	bhfrithbhalla

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) “frithbhalla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN