frithmheáchan

Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) +‎ meáchan (“weight”).

Noun

frithmheáchan m (genitive singular frithmheáchain, nominative plural frithmheáchain)

1. counterweight

Declension

Declension of frithmheáchan

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative frithmheáchan frithmheáchain Vocative a fhrithmheáchain a fhrithmheáchana Genitive frithmheáchain frithmheáchan Dative frithmheáchan frithmheáchain

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an frithmheáchan na frithmheáchain Genitive an fhrithmheáchain na bhfrithmheáchan Dative leis an bhfrithmheáchan don fhrithmheáchan leis na frithmheáchain

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
frithmheáchan	fhrithmheáchan	bhfrithmheáchan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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