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 Case Singular Plural Nominative freumh freumhacha Vocative a fhreumh a fhreumhacha Genitive fréimhe freumhacha Dative freumh fréimh (archaic, dialectal) freumhacha

Forms with the definite article Case 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:

• Nominative/vocative: freumha
• Genitive: freumh
• Dative: freumhaibh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
freumh	fhreumh	bhfreumh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish frém, prém, from older frén.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾʲɪəv/

Noun

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

1. root

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
freumh	fhreumh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “freumh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “frém”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “frén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “prém”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language