frithbhrú

Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) +‎ brú (“pressure”).

Noun

frithbhrú m (genitive singular frithbhrú)

1. back-pressure

Declension

Declension of frithbhrú

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative frithbhrú Vocative a fhrithbhrú Genitive frithbhrú Dative frithbhrú

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an frithbhrú Genitive an fhrithbhrú Dative leis an bhfrithbhrú don fhrithbhrú

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
frithbhrú	fhrithbhrú	bhfrithbhrú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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