frìde

See also: fride and fríde

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish frigde, originally the genitive singular of frige (“fleshworm, mite”). Cognate with Irish fríd.

Noun

frìde f (genitive singular frìde, plural frìdean)

1. insect

Synonyms

• biastag
• meanbh-fhrìde

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
frìde	fhrìde
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.