francbhéarla

Irish

Etymology

From Franc (“Frank”) +‎ béarla (“speech, jargon”), calque of Latin lingua franca (“Frankish language”) (compare Middle Irish frangcbérla (“French”)).

Noun

francbhéarla m (genitive singular francbhéarla, nominative plural francbhéarlaí)

  1. lingua franca

Declension

Declension of francbhéarla (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative francbhéarla francbhéarlaí
vocative a fhrancbhéarla a fhrancbhéarlaí
genitive francbhéarla francbhéarlaí
dative francbhéarla francbhéarlaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an francbhéarla na francbhéarlaí
genitive an fhrancbhéarla na bhfrancbhéarlaí
dative leis an bhfrancbhéarla
don fhrancbhéarla 		leis na francbhéarlaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of francbhéarla
radical lenition eclipsis
francbhéarla fhrancbhéarla bhfrancbhéarla

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

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