frithionsaí

Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) +‎ ionsaí (“advance, approach, attack”, noun).

Noun

frithionsaí m (genitive singular frithionsaithe, nominative plural frithionsaithe)

1. verbal noun of frithionsaigh
2. counter-attack

Declension

Declension of frithionsaí (irregular)

bare forms case singular plural nominative frithionsaí frithionsaithe vocative a fhrithionsaí a fhrithionsaithe genitive frithionsaithe frithionsaithe dative frithionsaí frithionsaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an frithionsaí na frithionsaithe genitive an fhrithionsaithe na bhfrithionsaithe dative leis an bhfrithionsaí don fhrithionsaí leis na frithionsaithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of frithionsaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
frithionsaí	fhrithionsaí	bhfrithionsaí

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