freastalaí

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fʲɾʲasˠt̪ˠəˈl̪ˠiː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲɾʲasˠt̪ˠəlˠiː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲɾʲasˠt̪ˠəlˠi/

Etymology 1

From freastail (“to serve, attend to”) +‎ -aí.

Noun

freastalaí m (genitive singular freastalaí, nominative plural freastalaithe)

1. waiter; attendant, helper
2. (computing) server

Declension

Declension of freastalaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative freastalaí freastalaithe Vocative a fhreastalaí a fhreastalaithe Genitive freastalaí freastalaithe Dative freastalaí freastalaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an freastalaí na freastalaithe Genitive an fhreastalaí na bhfreastalaithe Dative leis an bhfreastalaí don fhreastalaí leis na freastalaithe

Derived terms

• banfhreastalaí (“waitress”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

freastalaí

1. inflection of freastalach (“attentive, ministrative, prompt at helping”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
freastalaí	fhreastalaí	bhfreastalaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “freastalaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “freastalaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “freastalaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN