frithbhrú

Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) +‎ brú (“pressure”).

Noun

frithbhrú m (genitive singular frithbhrú)

1. back-pressure

Declension

Declension of frithbhrú (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative frithbhrú vocative a fhrithbhrú genitive frithbhrú dative frithbhrú forms with the definite article case singular nominative an frithbhrú genitive an fhrithbhrú dative leis an bhfrithbhrú don fhrithbhrú

Mutation

Mutated forms of frithbhrú

radical	lenition	eclipsis
frithbhrú	fhrithbhrú	bhfrithbhrú

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