frithaire

Old Irish

Etymology

frith- (“against”) +‎ aire (“guarding”).

Noun

frithaire f (genitive frithare)

vigil

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	frithaire^L	frithairi^L	frithairi
vocative	frithaire^L	frithairi^L	frithairi
accusative	frithairi^N	frithairi^L	frithairi
genitive	frithaire	frithaire^L	frithaire^N
dative	frithairi^L	frithairib	frithairib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

fris·airi

Mutation

Mutation of *frithaire*
radical	lenition	nasalization
frithaire	ḟrithaire	frithaire pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “frithaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language