gjirrich
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
Cognate to Dutch gierig, German gierig. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. West Frisian "gier" seems to lack the meaning "greed", so borrowed rather than natively formed?
Adjective edit
gjirrich
Inflection edit
| Inflection of gjirrich | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | gjirrich | |||
| inflected | gjirrige | |||
| comparative | gjirriger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | gjirrich | gjirriger | it gjirrichst it gjirrichste | |
| indefinite | c. sing. | gjirrige | gjirrigere | gjirrichste |
| n. sing. | gjirrich | gjirriger | gjirrichste | |
| plural | gjirrige | gjirrigere | gjirrichste | |
| definite | gjirrige | gjirrigere | gjirrichste | |
| partitive | gjirrichs | gjirrigers | — | |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “gjirrich”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011