gjirrich
West Frisian
Etymology
Cognate to Dutch gierig, German gierig. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. West Frisian "gier" seems to lack the meaning "greed", so borrowed rather than natively formed?
Inflection
| Inflection of gjirrich | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | gjirrich | |||
| inflected | gjirrige | |||
| comparative | gjirriger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | gjirrich | gjirriger | it gjirrichst it gjirrichste | |
| indefinite | c. sing. | gjirrige | gjirrigere | gjirrichste |
| n. sing. | gjirrich | gjirriger | gjirrichste | |
| plural | gjirrige | gjirrigere | gjirrichste | |
| definite | gjirrige | gjirrigere | gjirrichste | |
| partitive | gjirrichs | gjirrigers | — | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “gjirrich”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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