frithmheáchan

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Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) +‎ meáchan (“weight”).

Noun

frithmheáchan m (genitive singular frithmheáchain, nominative plural frithmheáchain)

  1. counterweight

Declension

Declension of frithmheáchan (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative frithmheáchan frithmheáchain
vocative a fhrithmheáchain a fhrithmheáchana
genitive frithmheáchain frithmheáchan
dative frithmheáchan frithmheáchain
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an frithmheáchan na frithmheáchain
genitive an fhrithmheáchain na bhfrithmheáchan
dative leis an bhfrithmheáchan
don fhrithmheáchan 		leis na frithmheáchain

Mutation

Mutated forms of frithmheáchan
radical lenition eclipsis
frithmheáchan fhrithmheáchan bhfrithmheáchan

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

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