fríd

See also: frid, frið, and fríð

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲɾʲiːdʲ/

Etymology 1

From earlier frighid, originally the dative singular of frigh, from Middle Irish frige.

Noun

fríd f (genitive singular fríde, nominative plural frídí or frídeacha)

1. fleshworm, mite

Declension

Declension of fríd

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fríd frídí Vocative a fhríd a fhrídí Genitive fríde frídí Dative fríd frídí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhríd na frídí Genitive na fríde na bhfrídí Dative leis an bhfríd don fhríd leis na frídí

• Alternative plural form: frídeacha

Alternative forms

• frigh (archaic, Ulster)

Derived terms

• frídeog

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “frige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “friġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 334
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fríd”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fríd”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fríd”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Etymology 2

From a conflation of fri and trí, of which the form before the definite article is tríd.

Preposition

fríd (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

2. Ulster form of trí (“through”)

Inflection

Inflection of fríd

Person	Normal	Emphatic
1st person sing.	fríom	fríomsa
2d person sing.	fríod	fríotsa
3d sing. masc.	fríd	frítsean
3d sing. fem.	fríthe	frífse
1st person pl.	frínn	frínne
2d person pl.	fríbh	fríbhse
3d person pl.	fríofa	fríofasan

Pronoun

fríd (emphatic frídsean)

1. third-person singular masculine of fríd (“through”)

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “frí”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 334
• Ó Baoill, Dónall P. (1996) An Teanga Bheo: Gaeilge Uladh (in Irish), Dublin: Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann, →ISBN, pages 92, 96, 152
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fríd”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 67

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fríd	fhríd	bhfríd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.