fras

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See also: Fras, fräs, frås, and Fraś

Cornish

Adjective

fras

  1. Mixed mutation of bras.

Mutation

  Mutation of fras  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
bras vras unchanged pras fras vras

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fras (“shower”).

Noun

fras f (genitive singular fraise, nominative plural frasa)

  1. shower
  2. onset, attack
  3. (music) run

Derived terms

Related terms

Adjective

fras (genitive singular masculine frais, genitive singular feminine fraise, plural frasa, comparative fraise)

  1. copious, plentiful, abundant

Declension

Declension of fras
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative fras fhras frasa;
fhrasa²
Vocative fhrais frasa
Genitive fraise frasa fras
Dative fras;
fhras¹ 		fhras;
fhrais (archaic) 		frasa;
fhrasa²
Comparative níos fraise
Superlative is fraise

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Verb

fras

  1. Alternative form of frasaigh (“to shower”)

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish frass, from Old Irish fras (“shower”), from Proto-Celtic *wrastâ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wérseh₂ (“humidity”), see also Sanskrit वर्षा (varṣā, “rain”), Albanian versë (“dew”), Armenian գայր (gayr, “dirt, mud”), Old Persian باران (bārān, “rain”).

Noun

fras f (genitive singular froise, plural frasan)

  1. shower
  2. seed

Derived terms

Verb

fras (past fhras, future frasaidh, verbal noun frasadh, past participle fraste)

  1. rain, scatter, shower, drip

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Late Latin phrasis, from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis).

Noun

fras c

  1. phrase
  2. sentence

Declension

Declension of fras 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fras frasen fraser fraserna
Genitive fras frasens frasers frasernas

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