frása

See also: frasa and fräsa

Irish

Etymology

From English or French phrase, from Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”), from φράζω (phrázō, “I tell, express”).

Pronunciation

Noun

frása m (genitive singular frása, nominative plural frásaí)

  1. (linguistics, grammar) phrase (group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  2. phrase (short written or spoken expression)

Declension
Declension of frása

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative frása frásaí
Vocative a fhrása a fhrásaí
Genitive frása frásaí
Dative frása frásaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an frása na frásaí
Genitive an fhrása na bhfrásaí
Dative leis an bhfrása

don fhrása

 leis na frásaí

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

Further reading
  • “frása”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “frása”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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