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 Superseded spelling of farraige.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 Case Singular Plural Nominative fairrge fairrgí Vocative a fhairrge a fhairrgí Genitive fairrge fairrgí Dative fairrge fairrgí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhairrge na fairrgí Genitive na fairrge na bhfairrgí Dative leis an bhfairrge don fhairrge leis na fairrgí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fairrge	fhairrge	bhfairrge
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• fairge, foirrgae, fairggae

Etymology

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

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

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
fairrge	ḟairrge	fairrge pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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