frithissi

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

The accusative of an unattested noun from frith- (“against”) +‎ és (“track”), thus Literally, “return track”.

Noun

frithissi f

  1. follows a possessive determiner agreeing with the subject of the verb to form an adverbial noun phrase meaning “back, again”
    Lod do ḟrithissi.
    You sg went back.
    Do·reg mo ḟrithissi.
    I will come back.
    Do·berar a ḟrithissi.
    It will be brought back.
    For quotations using this term, see Citations:frithissi.

Descendants

From a conflation of do ḟrithissi (second-person singular) and a ḟrithissi (third-person masculine/neuter singular), later used indiscriminately without agreement with the subject:

  • Middle Irish: darísse, arísse

Mutation

Mutation of frithissi
radical lenition nasalization
frithissi ḟrithissi frithissi
pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

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

Further reading

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