frithpháirteach

Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) +‎ páirteach (“partial”).

Adjective

frithpháirteach (genitive singular masculine frithpháirtigh, genitive singular feminine frithpháirtí, plural frithpháirteacha, comparative frithpháirtí)

1. (business, finance) mutual

Declension

Declension of frithpháirteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	frithpháirteach	fhrithpháirteach	frithpháirteacha; fhrithpháirteacha²
Vocative	fhrithpháirtigh		frithpháirteacha
Genitive		frithpháirtí	frithpháirteacha	frithpháirteach
Dative	frithpháirteach; fhrithpháirteach¹	fhrithpháirteach; fhrithpháirtigh (archaic)	frithpháirteacha; fhrithpháirteacha²
Comparative	níos frithpháirtí
Superlative	is frithpháirtí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• cumann frithpháirteach árachais (“mutual insurance society”)
• cúnant frithpháirteach (“mutual covenant”)
• fiacha frithpháirteacha (“mutual debts”)
• frithpháirteachas (“mutuality”)
• sochar frithpháirteach (“mutual benefit”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
frithpháirteach	fhrithpháirteach	bhfrithpháirteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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