frith-

See also: frith, Frith, fríth, frìth, and friþ

Irish

Alternative forms

• fri- (before t)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Irish frith- (“counter-, beside, against”), from the verbal nouns of Old Irish verbs like fris·beir, fris·aicci, fris·indlea with the initial preverb fri, from Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Welsh wrth, prefix gwrth-), from the zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”) (compare Latin versus (“against”)).

Prefix

frith-

1. anti-, counter-

   Synonym: anta-

2. back

   Synonym: cúl-

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with frith-

• friofac
• frith-chuaranfa
• frithagóid
• fritháireamh
• fritháirigh
• frithbhuille
• frithchatóid
• frithcheilg
• frithchiallach
• frithchiallach
• frithchioclón
• frithchléireach
• frithchomhairle
• frithchosc
• frithchosúil
• frithchothromaíocht
• frithchúiseamh
• frithchur
• frithdhearbhú
• frithdhílse
• frithdhleathacht
• frithdhúnadh
• frithéasc
• frithfhillteach
• frithghaoth
• frithgheall
• frithghealltanas
• frithghiniúint
• frithghiniúnach
• frithghiniúnach
• frithghníomh
• frithghob
• frithghoin
• frithghreannach
• frithiontráil
• frithloighceacht
• frithluail
• frithlúbthacht
• frithmhúr
• frithráigh
• frithshá
• frithsheasmhach
• frithsheasmhacht
• frithsheipteach
• frithsheipteán
• frithsheiptigh
• frithsheol
• frithshóisialta
• frithshruth
• frithshuigh
• frithspréigh
• frithstróf
• fritonn
• fritoradh
• fritreo
• fritreomhar
• na fritíortha

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
frith-	fhrith-	bhfrith-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

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Old Irish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Welsh wrth, prefix gwrth-), from the zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”) (compare Latin versus (“against”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲrʲiθʲ/

Prefix

frith-

1. counter-, beside, against

Derived terms

Old Irish terms prefixed with frith-

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From frith.

Prefix

frith-

1. by-, sub-
2. counter-

Derived terms

Scottish Gaelic terms prefixed with frith-

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
frith	fhrith
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.