frithsciorrach

Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) +‎ sciorr (“slip, slide, slither, skid”, verb) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

frithsciorrach (genitive singular masculine frithsciorraigh, genitive singular feminine frithsciorraí, plural frithsciorracha, not comparable)

1. anti-skidding

Declension

Declension of frithsciorrach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	frithsciorrach	fhrithsciorrach	frithsciorracha; fhrithsciorracha2
vocative	fhrithsciorraigh		frithsciorracha
genitive		frithsciorraí	strong noun	weak noun
			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

Mutated forms of frithsciorrach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
frithsciorrach	fhrithsciorrach	bhfrithsciorrach

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) “frithsciorrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “frithsciorrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm