"frith-" meaning in Irish

See frith- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], frith- [error-unrecognized-form], fhrith- [lenition], bhfrith- [eclipsis], fri- [alternative]
Etymology: 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”)). Etymology templates: {{etymon|ga|:inh|sga:frith-}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*wert-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Celtic", "term" : "*writ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "cel-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Irish", "term" : "frith-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sga" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Irish", "term" : "frith-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ga" }" data-lang="ga" data-title="frith-">, {{inh|ga|sga|frith-||counter-, beside, against}} Old Irish frith- (“counter-, beside, against”), {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*writ-}} Proto-Celtic *writ-, {{cog|cy|wrth}} Welsh wrth, {{der|ga|ine-pro|*wert-||to turn}} Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”), {{cog|la|versus||against}} Latin versus (“against”) Head templates: {{head|ga|prefix}} frith- Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}}
  1. anti-, counter- Tags: morpheme Synonyms: anta-
    Sense id: en-frith--ga-prefix-Gqe-cniu Categories (other): Irish entries with etymon, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Irish entries with etymon: 100 0 Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 100 0
  2. back Tags: morpheme Synonyms: cúl-
    Sense id: en-frith--ga-prefix-PEgjRvN1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: friofac, frith-chuaranfa, frithagóid, fritháireamh, fritháirigh, frithbhuille, frithchatóid, frithcheilg, frithchiallach, frithchioclón, frithchléireach, frithchomhairle, frithchosc, frithchosúil, frithchothromaíocht, frithchúiseamh, frithchur, frithdhearbhú, frithdhílse, frithdhleathacht, frithdhúnadh, frithéasc, frithfhillteach, frithghaoth, frithgheall, frithghealltanas, frithghiniúint, 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
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      "word": "fritháirigh"
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    {
      "_dis1": "100 0",
      "word": "frithchatóid"
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      "_dis1": "100 0",
      "word": "frithchiallach"
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      "_dis1": "100 0",
      "word": "frithchioclón"
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      "_dis1": "100 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "100 0",
      "word": "frithshuigh"
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    {
      "_dis1": "100 0",
      "word": "frithspréigh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "100 0",
      "word": "frithstróf"
    },
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      "_dis1": "100 0",
      "word": "fritonn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "100 0",
      "word": "fritoradh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "100 0",
      "word": "fritreo"
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      "_dis1": "100 0",
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      "form": "bhfrith-",
      "source": "mutation",
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  "pos": "prefix",
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      "word": "friofac"
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    {
      "word": "frith-chuaranfa"
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    {
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    {
      "word": "frithbhuille"
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    {
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      "word": "frithchiallach"
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    {
      "word": "frithdhearbhú"
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      "word": "frithdhílse"
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    {
      "word": "frithdhleathacht"
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      "word": "frithdhúnadh"
    },
    {
      "word": "frithéasc"
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      "word": "frithfhillteach"
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      "word": "frithghealltanas"
    },
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      "word": "frithghiniúint"
    },
    {
      "word": "frithghiniúnach"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "frithghoin"
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      "word": "frithghreannach"
    },
    {
      "word": "frithiontráil"
    },
    {
      "word": "frithloighceacht"
    },
    {
      "word": "frithluail"
    },
    {
      "word": "frithlúbthacht"
    },
    {
      "word": "frithmhúr"
    },
    {
      "word": "frithráigh"
    },
    {
      "word": "frithshá"
    },
    {
      "word": "frithsheasmhach"
    },
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      "word": "frithsheasmhacht"
    },
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      "word": "frithsheipteach"
    },
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      "word": "frithsheipteán"
    },
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      "word": "frithsheiptigh"
    },
    {
      "word": "frithsheol"
    },
    {
      "word": "frithshóisialta"
    },
    {
      "word": "frithshruth"
    },
    {
      "word": "frithshuigh"
    },
    {
      "word": "frithspréigh"
    },
    {
      "word": "frithstróf"
    },
    {
      "word": "fritonn"
    },
    {
      "word": "fritoradh"
    },
    {
      "word": "fritreo"
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    {
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      "name": "der"
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}

Download raw JSONL data for frith- meaning in Irish (4.6kB)

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