frithsciorrach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) + sciorr (“slip, slide, slither, skid”, verb) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]frithsciorrach (genitive singular masculine frithsciorraigh, genitive singular feminine frithsciorraí, plural frithsciorracha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of frithsciorrach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | frithsciorrach | fhrithsciorrach | frithsciorracha; fhrithsciorracha² | |
Vocative | fhrithsciorraigh | frithsciorracha | ||
Genitive | frithsciorraí | frithsciorracha | frithsciorrach | |
Dative | frithsciorrach; fhrithsciorrach¹ |
fhrithsciorrach; fhrithsciorraigh (archaic) |
frithsciorracha; fhrithsciorracha² | |
Comparative | níos frithsciorraí | |||
Superlative | is frithsciorraí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
frithsciorrach | fhrithsciorrach | bhfrithsciorrach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “frithsciorrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “frithsciorrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm