francbhéarla
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Franc (“Frank”) + béarla (“speech, jargon”), calque of Latin lingua franca (“Frankish language”) (compare Middle Irish frangcbérla (“French”)).
Noun
[edit]francbhéarla m (genitive singular francbhéarla, nominative plural francbhéarlaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of francbhéarla
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
francbhéarla | fhrancbhéarla | bhfrancbhéarla |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “francbhéarla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 franc, frangc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language