freagairt

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish frecairt (the act of answering), from frecra, frecrae, verbal noun of fris·gair (answers, replies). By surface analysis, freagair +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

Noun

freagairt f (genitive singular freagartha)

  1. verbal noun of freagair
  2. answering, answer; correspondence; responsibility; reaction, response
  3. (fishing) rise, bite
  4. attention, observance
  5. (geology) outcrop

Declension

Declension of freagairt (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative freagairt
vocative a fhreagairt
genitive freagartha
dative freagairt
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an fhreagairt
genitive na freagartha
dative leis an bhfreagairt
don fhreagairt

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of freagairt
radical lenition eclipsis
freagairt fhreagairt bhfreagairt

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 115

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish frecairt (the act of answering), from frecra, frecrae, verbal noun of fris·gair (answers, replies).

Pronunciation

Noun

freagairt f (genitive singular freagairt or freagairte, plural freagairtean)

  1. verbal noun of freagair
  2. answer
  3. reply

Mutation

Mutation of freagairt
radical lenition
freagairt fhreagairt

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Donald A. Morrison (2020) Modularity and stratification in phonology: Evidence from Scottish Gaelic (Thesis)‎, Manchester: University of Manchester
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap