fras
Cornish edit
Adjective edit
fras
- Mixed mutation of bras.
Mutation edit
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish fras (“shower”).
Noun edit
fras f (genitive singular fraise, nominative plural frasa)
Derived terms edit
- fras sneachta (“snowshower”)
- fraschith (“heavy shower”)
- frasnéal (“raincloud”)
Related terms edit
Adjective edit
fras (genitive singular masculine frais, genitive singular feminine fraise, plural frasa, comparative fraise)
Declension edit
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fras | fhras | frasa; fhrasa² | |
Vocative | fhrais | frasa | ||
Genitive | fraise | frasa | fras | |
Dative | fras; fhras¹ |
fhras; fhrais (archaic) |
frasa; fhrasa² | |
Comparative | níos fraise | |||
Superlative | is fraise |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Verb edit
fras
- Alternative form of frasaigh (“to shower”)
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish frass, from Old Irish fras (“shower”), from Proto-Celtic *wrastâ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wérseh₂ (“humidity”), see also Sanskrit वर्षा (varṣā, “rain”), Albanian versë (“dew”), Armenian գայր (gayr, “dirt, mud”), Old Persian باران (bārān, “rain”).
Noun edit
fras f (genitive singular froise, plural frasan)
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
fras (past fhras, future frasaidh, verbal noun frasadh, past participle fraste)
References edit
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “wrasto”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 429
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin phrasis, from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis).
Noun edit
fras c
Declension edit
Declension of fras | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | fras | frasen | fraser | fraserna |
Genitive | fras | frasens | frasers | frasernas |