freumh

Irish

Noun

freumh f (genitive singular fréimhe, nominative plural freumhacha or freumha)

  1. obsolete spelling of fréamh (“root”)

Declension

Declension of freumh (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative freumh freumhacha
vocative a fhreumh a fhreumhacha
genitive fréimhe freumhacha
dative freumh
fréimh (archaic, dialectal) 		freumhacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fhreumh na freumhacha
genitive na fréimhe na bhfreumhacha
dative leis an bhfreumh
leis an bhfréimh (archaic, dialectal)
don fhreumh
don fhréimh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na freumhacha

Archaic weak plural forms:

Mutation

Mutated forms of freumh
radical lenition eclipsis
freumh fhreumh bhfreumh

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish frém, prém, from older frén. Related to reumhach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɾʲiəv/
  • (Sleat) IPA(key): /fɾɛːv/[1]

Noun

freumh m (genitive singular freumha, plural freumhan or freumhaichean)

  1. (small) root

Mutation

Mutation of freumh
radical lenition
freumh fhreumh

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

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 17

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