frithaire

Old Irish

Etymology

frith- (“against”) +‎ aire (“guarding”).

Noun

frithaire f (genitive frithare)

1. vigil

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	frithaireL	frithairiL	frithairi
Vocative	frithaireL	frithairiL	frithairi
Accusative	frithairiN	frithairiL	frithairi
Genitive	frithaire	frithaireL	frithaireN
Dative	frithairiL	frithairib	frithairib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• fris·airi

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
frithaire	ḟrithaire	frithaire pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “frithaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language