farraige

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish fairrge.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

farraige f (genitive singular farraige, nominative plural farraigí)

  1. sea
    Bainfidh an fharraige a cuid féin amach; beidh a cuid féin ag an bhfarraige. (proverb)
    The sea will have its own, its share of tragedies.
  2. billow, swell

Declension

Declension of farraige (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative farraige farraigí
vocative a fharraige a fharraigí
genitive farraige farraigí
dative farraige farraigí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fharraige na farraigí
genitive na farraige na bhfarraigí
dative leis an bhfarraige
don fharraige 		leis na farraigí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of farraige
radical lenition eclipsis
farraige fharraige bhfarraige

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fairrge, fairge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 118

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