frithmheáchan

Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) +‎ meáchan (“weight”).

Noun

frithmheáchan m (genitive singular frithmheáchain, nominative plural frithmheáchain)

1. counterweight

Declension

Declension of frithmheáchan (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative frithmheáchan frithmheáchain vocative a fhrithmheáchain a fhrithmheáchana genitive frithmheáchain frithmheáchan dative frithmheáchan frithmheáchain forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an frithmheáchan na frithmheáchain genitive an fhrithmheáchain na bhfrithmheáchan dative leis an bhfrithmheáchan don fhrithmheáchan leis na frithmheáchain

Mutation

Mutated forms of frithmheáchan

radical	lenition	eclipsis
frithmheáchan	fhrithmheáchan	bhfrithmheáchan

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