fairrge

Irish

Noun

fairrge f (genitive singular fairrge, nominative plural fairrgidhe or fairrgeadha)

  1. superseded spelling of farraige

Declension

Declension of fairrge (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fairrge fairrgí
vocative a fhairrge a fhairrgí
genitive fairrge fairrgí
dative fairrge fairrgí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fhairrge na fairrgí
genitive na fairrge na bhfairrgí
dative leis an bhfairrge
don fhairrge 		leis na fairrgí

Mutation

Mutated forms of fairrge
radical lenition eclipsis
fairrge fhairrge bhfairrge

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

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from the root of fairsiung (“ample, broad”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɸar͈ɡʲe]

Noun

fairrge f (genitive fairrge, nominative plural fairrgi)

  1. sea, ocean

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative fairrgeL fairrgiL fairrgi
vocative fairrgeL fairrgiL fairrgi
accusative fairrgiN fairrgiL fairrgi
genitive fairrge fairrgeL fairrgeN
dative fairrgiL fairrgib fairrgib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: farraige
  • Manx: faarkey
  • Scottish Gaelic: fairge

Mutation

Mutation of fairrge
radical lenition nasalization
fairrge ḟairrge fairrge
pronounced with /β̃-/

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

References

  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1917) “Zur irischen Grammatik und Literatur”, in Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie, volume 11, page 312

Further reading

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