Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish fairrge.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

farraige f (genitive singular farraige, nominative plural farraigí)

  1. sea
    Bainfidh an fharraige a cuid féin amach; beidh a cuid féin ag an bhfarraige. (proverb)
    The sea will have its own, its share of tragedies.
  2. billow, swell

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
farraige fharraige bhfarraige
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fairrge, fairge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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