freagairt

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish frecairt (“the act of answering”), from frecra, frecrae, verbal noun of fris·gair (“answers, replies”). By surface analysis, freagair +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʲɾʲaɡəɾˠtʲ/

Noun

freagairt f (genitive singular freagartha)

1. verbal noun of freagair
2. answering, answer; correspondence; responsibility; reaction, response
3. (fishing) rise, bite
4. attention, observance
5. (geology) outcrop

Declension

Declension of freagairt

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative freagairt Vocative a fhreagairt Genitive freagartha Dative freagairt

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an fhreagairt Genitive na freagartha Dative leis an bhfreagairt don fhreagairt

Synonyms

• (attention, observance): freagar

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
freagairt	fhreagairt	bhfreagairt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish frecairt (“the act of answering”), from frecra, frecrae, verbal noun of fris·gair (“answers, replies”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾʲekərˠʃtʲ/

Noun

freagairt f (genitive singular freagairt or freagairte, plural freagairtean)

1. verbal noun of freagair
2. answer
3. reply

Mutation

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