freagairt

Irish

Alternative forms

  • freagaradh, freagradh[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish frecairt (“the act of answering”), from frecra, frecrae, verbal noun of fris·gair (“answers, replies”). By surface analysis, freagair +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʲɾʲaɡəɾˠtʲ/[2]
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈfʲɾʲaɡɾˠuː/[3] (corresponding to the form freagradh)

Noun

freagairt f (genitive singular freagartha)

  1. verbal noun of freagair
  2. answering, answer; correspondence; responsibility; reaction, response
  3. (fishing) rise, bite
  4. attention, observance
  5. (geology) outcrop

Declension

Declension of freagairt (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative freagairt
vocative a fhreagairt
genitive freagartha
dative freagairt
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fhreagairt
genitive na freagartha
dative leis an bhfreagairt
don fhreagairt

Synonyms

  • (attention, observance): freagar

Mutation

Mutated forms of freagairt
radical lenition eclipsis
freagairt fhreagairt bhfreagairt

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

References

  1. ^ “freagairt”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 115
  3. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 257, page 59

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish frecairt (“the act of answering”), from frecra, frecrae, verbal noun of fris·gair (“answers, replies”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾʲekərˠʃtʲ/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈfɾɤkərˠt̪/[1], [ˈfɾɤkəʈˠ][2]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): [ˈfɾe̠kəʂtʲ][3]

Noun

freagairt f (genitive singular freagairt or freagairte, plural freagairtean)

  1. verbal noun of freagair
  2. answer
  3. reply

Mutation

Mutation of freagairt
radical lenition
freagairt fhreagairt

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Donald A. Morrison (2020) Modularity and stratification in phonology: Evidence from Scottish Gaelic (Thesis)‎[1], Manchester: University of Manchester
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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