frithortha

Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) +‎ ortha (“incantation, spell, charm”).

Noun

frithortha f (genitive singular frithortha, nominative plural frithorthaí)

1. counter-charm

Declension

Declension of frithortha (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative frithortha frithorthaí vocative a fhrithortha a fhrithorthaí genitive frithortha frithorthaí dative frithortha frithorthaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhrithortha na frithorthaí genitive na frithortha na bhfrithorthaí dative leis an bhfrithortha don fhrithortha leis na frithorthaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of frithortha

radical	lenition	eclipsis
frithortha	fhrithortha	bhfrithortha

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