frithbheathach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From frith- (“anti-”) + beatha (“life”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
frithbheathach (genitive singular masculine frithbheathaigh, genitive singular feminine frithbheathaí, plural frithbheathacha, comparative frithbheathaí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of frithbheathach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | frithbheathach | fhrithbheathach | frithbheathacha; fhrithbheathacha² | |
Vocative | fhrithbheathaigh | frithbheathacha | ||
Genitive | frithbheathaí | frithbheathacha | frithbheathach | |
Dative | frithbheathach; fhrithbheathach¹ |
fhrithbheathach; fhrithbheathaigh (archaic) |
frithbheathacha; fhrithbheathacha² | |
Comparative | níos frithbheathaí | |||
Superlative | is frithbheathaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms[edit]
Noun[edit]
frithbheathach m (genitive singular frithbheathaigh, nominative plural frithbheathaigh)
Declension[edit]
Declension of frithbheathach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
frithbheathach | fhrithbheathach | bhfrithbheathach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “frithbheathach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN