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Irish
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 freagartha)
- verbal noun of freagair
- answering, answer; correspondence; responsibility; reaction, response
- (fishing) rise, bite
- attention, observance
- (geology) outcrop
Declension
Synonyms
Mutation
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| freagairt
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fhreagairt
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bhfreagairt
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
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)
- verbal noun of freagair
- answer
- reply
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| freagairt |
fhreagairt
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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