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Old Irish
Etymology
From frith- + gairid.
Pronunciation
Verb
fris·gair (verbal noun frecrae)
- to answer, to reply
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 77a15
Is dúnn imchumurc fil isin chanóin fris·gair lessóm a n‑imchomarc n-ísiu .i. ne occideris .i. in ⸉n‑í⸊írr-siu .i. non. .i. nís·n‑ulemairbfe ci asid·roilliset.- It is to the interrogation that is in the Scripture text that this interrogation answers with him, i.e. ne occideris i.e. will you sg slay i.e. non i.e. you will not slay them all although they have deserved it.
- c. 895–901, Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii, published in The tripartite Life of Patrick: with other documents relating to that saint (1887, Eyre and Spottiswoode), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes, vol. I, p. 28, line 18
Fris·rograt ind óclach ocus is éd ro·rádi: “Óa damsa sin,” ol ind óclach.- The young man answered and this is what he said: “ a granddaughter of mine.”
Inflection
Complex, class B II present, t preterite, é future, a subjunctive
Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of frisgair
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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| fris·gair
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fris·gair
pronounced with /-ɣ(ʲ)-/
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fris·ngair
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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