Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish frém,[1] prém,[2] from older frén.[3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fréamh f (genitive singular fréimhe, nominative plural fréamhacha)

  1. root
  2. source, origin
  3. (literary) rootstock, race
  4. (linguistics, chemistry) radical

Declension

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Archaic weak plural forms:

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fréamh fhréamh bhfréamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “frém”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “prém”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “frén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 116

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