farraige

Irish

Alternative forms

• fairrge (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish fairrge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfˠaɾˠɪɟɪ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠaɾˠɪɟɪ/, /ˈfˠæɾˠɪɟɪ/

Noun

farraige f (genitive singular farraige, nominative plural farraigí)

1. sea

   Bainfidh an fharraige a cuid féin amach; beidh a cuid féin ag an bhfarraige. (proverb)

   The sea will have its own, its share of tragedies.

2. billow, swell

Declension

Declension of farraige

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative farraige farraigí Vocative a fharraige a fharraigí Genitive farraige farraigí Dative farraige farraigí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fharraige na farraigí Genitive na farraige na bhfarraigí Dative leis an bhfarraige don fharraige leis na farraigí

Derived terms

• ar an bhfarraige (“at sea”)
• ar farraige (“at sea”)
• farraige chósta (“coastal waters”)
• farraige mhór (“open sea, ocean”)
• farraigeach (“seaman, seafarer”)
• farraigeoireacht (“(act of) seafaring”)
• farraigí an domhain (“the seas of the world, the seven seas”)
• farraigí arda
• fear farraige (“seaman, seafarer”)
• fear i bhfarraige! (“man overboard!”)
• focal farraige (“nautical term”)
• fórsaí farraige (“naval forces”)
• gafa i bhfarraige (“for one's number to be up”)
• iasc farraige (“sea-fish”)
• leibhéal farraige (“sea-level”)
• lucht farraige (“seafarers”)
• na farraigí arda (“the high seas”)
• tinneas farraige (“sea-sickness”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
farraige	fharraige	bhfarraige
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fairrge”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 294
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “farraige”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “farraige”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “farraige”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024