fríd

See also: frid, frið, and fríð

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʲɾʲiːdʲ/[1]

Etymology 1

    From earlier frighid, originally the dative singular of frigh, from Middle Irish frige.[2]

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    fríd f (genitive singular fríde, nominative plural frídí or frídeacha)

    1. fleshworm, mite
    Declension
    Declension of fríd (second declension)
    bare forms
    singular plural
    nominative fríd frídí
    vocative a fhríd a fhrídí
    genitive fríde frídí
    dative fríd frídí
    forms with the definite article
    singular plural
    nominative an fhríd na frídí
    genitive na fríde na bhfrídí
    dative leis an bhfríd
    don fhríd
    leis na frídí
    Derived terms

    Further reading

    Etymology 2

      From a conflation of fri and trí, of which the form before the definite article is tríd.

      Preposition

      fríd (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

      1. Ulster form of trí (through)
      Inflection
      Inflection of fríd
      Person: simple emphatic
      singular first fríom fríomsa
      second fríod fríotsa
      third m fríd frítsean
      f fríthe frífse
      plural first frínn frínne
      second fríbh fríbhse
      third fríofa fríofasan

      Pronoun

      fríd (emphatic frídsean)

      1. third-person singular masculine of fríd (through)

      Further reading

      • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “frí”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 334
      • Ó Baoill, Dónall P. (1996), An Teanga Bheo: Gaeilge Uladh (in Irish), Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, pages 92, 96, 152
      • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fríd”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of fríd
      radical lenition eclipsis
      fríd fhríd bhfríd

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

      References

      1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 320, page 112
      2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “frige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language