frithsciorrach

Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) +‎ sciorr (“slip, slide, slither, skid”, verb) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

frithsciorrach (genitive singular masculine frithsciorraigh, genitive singular feminine frithsciorraí, plural frithsciorracha, not comparable)

1. anti-skidding

Declension

Declension of frithsciorrach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	frithsciorrach	fhrithsciorrach	frithsciorracha; fhrithsciorracha²
Vocative	fhrithsciorraigh		frithsciorracha
Genitive		frithsciorraí	frithsciorracha	frithsciorrach
Dative	frithsciorrach; fhrithsciorrach¹	fhrithsciorrach; fhrithsciorraigh (archaic)	frithsciorracha; fhrithsciorracha²
Comparative	níos frithsciorraí
Superlative	is frithsciorraí

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
frithsciorrach	fhrithsciorrach	bhfrithsciorrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “frithsciorrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “frithsciorrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm