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Irish
Etymology
From early modern double preposition fa ré (“along with”),[1] from fa and ré (from Old Irish fri).[2][3] Compare fara (used in Munster) and froisin (“too, also”).
Pronunciation
Preposition
frae (plus dative, triggers h-prothesis)
- with, along with
Usage notes
In Connacht dialects common in fraena chéile, frae chéile (“together”) instead of le chéile.
O’Rahilly notes “many errors in Dinneen’s treatment[5] of the word”.[2]
Inflection
| Person
|
Normal
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Emphatic
|
| 1st person sing.
|
frum, friom
|
frum, friomsa
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| 2d person sing.
|
frat, friot
|
fratsa, friotsa
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| 3d sing. masc.
|
frois, freis
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frois-sean, freis-sean
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| 3d sing. fem.
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frae, fria, fréithe, froithi
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friasa, fréithese, froithise
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| 1st person pl.
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fruinn, frinn, froinn
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fruinne, frinne, froinne
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| 2d person pl.
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fraoib, froibh, fribh
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fraoib, froibh, fribhse
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| 3d person pl.
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frób, freo, freob
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freosan, freobsan
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References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “faré, fare”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 O’Rahilly, T. F. (1941) “Introduction”, in Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire, Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an chrábhaidh, Dublin, page xxxvi
- ^ Damian McManus (1994) “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do Pádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §10.2, page 434
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], § 306, page 143
- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “fré”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
Scots
Etymology
From Old Norse frá.
Preposition
frae
- from