frithsciorrach

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Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) +‎ sciorr (“slip, slide, slither, skid”, verb) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

frithsciorrach (genitive singular masculine frithsciorraigh, genitive singular feminine frithsciorraí, plural frithsciorracha, not comparable)

  1. anti-skidding

Declension

Declension of frithsciorrach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative frithsciorrach fhrithsciorrach frithsciorracha;
fhrithsciorracha2
vocative fhrithsciorraigh frithsciorracha
genitive frithsciorraí frithsciorracha frithsciorrach
dative frithsciorrach;
fhrithsciorrach1 		fhrithsciorrach;
fhrithsciorraigh (archaic) 		frithsciorracha;
fhrithsciorracha2
Comparative níos frithsciorraí
Superlative is frithsciorraí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of frithsciorrach
radical lenition eclipsis
frithsciorrach fhrithsciorrach bhfrithsciorrach

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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