frigh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish frige.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /fʲɾʲiː/

Noun

frigh f (genitive singular frighde, nominative plural frighdidhe or frighdeacha)

1. Archaic and Ulster form of fríd (“fleshworm, mite”)

Declension

Declension of frigh

Irregular

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative frigh frighdidhe Vocative a fhrigh a fhrighdidhe Genitive frighde frighdidhe Dative frighid frighdidhe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhrigh na frighdidhe Genitive na frighde na bhfrighdidhe Dative leis an bhfrighid don fhrighid leis na frighdidhe

• Dative plural forms: frighdidhibh, frighdeachaibh
• Alternative plural form: frighdeacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
frigh	fhrigh	bhfrigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “frige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “friġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 334
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “frigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 45