frithortha

Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) +‎ ortha (“incantation, spell, charm”).

Noun

frithortha f (genitive singular frithortha, nominative plural frithorthaí)

1. counter-charm

Declension

Declension of frithortha

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative frithortha frithorthaí Vocative a fhrithortha a fhrithorthaí Genitive frithortha frithorthaí Dative frithortha frithorthaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhrithortha na frithorthaí Genitive na frithortha na bhfrithorthaí Dative leis an bhfrithortha don fhrithortha leis na frithorthaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
frithortha	fhrithortha	bhfrithortha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “frithortha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN