frithionsaí

Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) +‎ ionsaí (“advance, approach, attack”, noun).

Noun

frithionsaí m (genitive singular frithionsaithe, nominative plural frithionsaithe)

1. verbal noun of frithionsaigh
2. counter-attack

Declension

Declension of frithionsaí

Irregular

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative frithionsaí frithionsaithe Vocative a fhrithionsaí a fhrithionsaithe Genitive frithionsaithe frithionsaithe Dative frithionsaí frithionsaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an frithionsaí na frithionsaithe Genitive an fhrithionsaithe na bhfrithionsaithe Dative leis an bhfrithionsaí don fhrithionsaí leis na frithionsaithe

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
frithionsaí	fhrithionsaí	bhfrithionsaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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