frása

See also: frasa and fräsa

Irish

Etymology

From English or French phrase, from Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”), from φράζω (phrázō, “I tell, express”).

Pronunciation

Noun

frása m (genitive singular frása, nominative plural frásaí)

  1. (linguistics, grammar) phrase (group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  2. phrase (short written or spoken expression)

Declension

Declension of frása (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative frása frásaí
vocative a fhrása a fhrásaí
genitive frása frásaí
dative frása frásaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an frása na frásaí
genitive an fhrása na bhfrásaí
dative leis an bhfrása
don fhrása 		leis na frásaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of frása
radical lenition eclipsis
frása fhrása bhfrása

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • “frása”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “frása”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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