gjirrich
West Frisian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate to Dutch gierig, German gierig. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. West Frisian "gier" seems to lack the meaning "greed", so borrowed rather than natively formed?
Adjective
[edit]gjirrich
Inflection
[edit]| Inflection of gjirrich | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | gjirrich | |||
| inflected | gjirrige | |||
| comparative | gjirriger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | gjirrich | gjirriger | it gjirrichst it gjirrichste | |
| indefinite | c. sing. | gjirrige | gjirrigere | gjirrichste |
| n. sing. | gjirrich | gjirriger | gjirrichste | |
| plural | gjirrige | gjirrigere | gjirrichste | |
| definite | gjirrige | gjirrigere | gjirrichste | |
| partitive | gjirrichs | gjirrigers | — | |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “gjirrich”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011