frithbheart

Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) +‎ beart (“cast, move (in game); shift, plan; proceeding, action, transaction”).

Noun

frithbheart m (genitive singular frithbhirt, nominative plural frithbhearta)

1. counteraction; resistance, opposition

Declension

Declension of frithbheart

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative frithbheart frithbhearta Vocative a fhrithbhirt a fhrithbhearta Genitive frithbhirt frithbheart Dative frithbheart frithbhearta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an frithbheart na frithbhearta Genitive an fhrithbhirt na bhfrithbheart Dative leis an bhfrithbheart don fhrithbheart leis na frithbhearta

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
frithbheart	fhrithbheart	bhfrithbheart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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