frithéileamh

Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) +‎ éileamh (“claim, demand”, noun).

Noun

frithéileamh m (genitive singular frithéilimh, nominative plural frithéilimh)

1. verbal noun of frithéiligh
2. (law) counter-claim

Declension

Declension of frithéileamh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative frithéileamh frithéilimh Vocative a fhrithéilimh a fhrithéileamha Genitive frithéilimh frithéileamh Dative frithéileamh frithéilimh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an frithéileamh na frithéilimh Genitive an fhrithéilimh na bhfrithéileamh Dative leis an bhfrithéileamh don fhrithéileamh leis na frithéilimh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
frithéileamh	fhrithéileamh	bhfrithéileamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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