farraige

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish fairrge.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfˠaɾˠɪɟɪ/

Noun

farraige f (genitive singular farraige, nominative plural farraigí)

  1. sea
    Bainfidh an fharraige a cuid féin amach; beidh a cuid féin ag an bhfarraige. (proverb)
    The sea will have its own, its share of tragedies.
  2. billow, swell

Declension
Declension of farraige

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative farraige farraigí
Vocative a fharraige a fharraigí
Genitive farraige farraigí
Dative farraige farraigí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fharraige na farraigí
Genitive na farraige na bhfarraigí
Dative leis an bhfarraige

don fharraige

 leis na farraigí

Derived terms
  • ar an bhfarraige (“at sea”)
  • ar farraige (“at sea”)
  • farraige chósta (“coastal waters”)
  • farraige mhór (“open sea, ocean”)
  • farraigeach (“seaman, seafarer”)
  • farraigeoireacht (“(act of) seafaring”)
  • farraigí an domhain (“the seas of the world, the seven seas”)
  • farraigí arda
  • fear farraige (“seaman, seafarer”)
  • fear i bhfarraige! (“man overboard!”)
  • focal farraige (“nautical term”)
  • fórsaí farraige (“naval forces”)
  • gafa i bhfarraige (“for one's number to be up”)
  • iasc farraige (“sea-fish”)
  • leibhéal farraige (“sea-level”)
  • lucht farraige (“seafarers”)
  • na farraigí arda (“the high seas”)
  • tinneas farraige (“sea-sickness”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
farraige fharraige bhfarraige
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fairrge, fairge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading
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