frum fram
Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a reduplication of Old Irish fothromm (“noise, loud and discordant sound”), an alteration of fothronn through influence of fúaimm (modern fuaim). Compare Scottish Gaelic faram (“noise, loudness”).
Noun[edit]
frum fram
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| frum fram | fhrum fram | bhfrum fram |
| 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) “frum”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fothromm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language