fréamh

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish frém,[1] prém,[2] from older frén.[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

fréamh f (genitive singular fréimhe, nominative plural fréamhacha)

  1. root
  2. source, origin
  3. (literary) rootstock, race
  4. (linguistics, chemistry) radical

Declension

Declension of fréamh (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative fréamh fréamhacha
vocative a fhréamh a fhréamhacha
genitive fréimhe fréamhacha
dative fréamh
fréimh (archaic, dialectal) 		fréamhacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fhréamh na fréamhacha
genitive na fréimhe na bhfréamhacha
dative leis an bhfréamh
leis an bhfréimh (archaic, dialectal)
don fhréamh
don fhréimh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na fréamhacha

Archaic weak plural forms:

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fréamh
radical lenition eclipsis
fréamh fhréamh bhfréamh

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), “frém”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “prém”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “frén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 116

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