fríd

See also: frid, frið, and fríð

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲɾʲiːdʲ/

Etymology 1

From earlier frighid, originally the dative singular of frigh, from Middle Irish frige.

Alternative forms

• faoide, fruigh
• frigh (Ulster)
• frighid (obsolete)

Noun

fríd f (genitive singular fríde, nominative plural frídí or frídeacha)

1. fleshworm, mite

Declension

Declension of fríd (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative fríd frídí vocative a fhríd a fhrídí genitive fríde frídí dative fríd frídí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an fhríd na frídí genitive na fríde na bhfrídí dative leis an bhfríd don fhríd leis na frídí

• Alternative plural form: frídeacha

Derived terms

• frídeog
• oiread na fríde (“the tiniest bit”)

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “friġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 334
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fríd”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “fríd”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fríd”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Etymology 2

From a conflation of fri and trí, of which the form before the definite article is tríd.

Preposition

fríd (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

1. Ulster form of trí (“through”)

Inflection

Inflection of fríd

	Person:		simple	emphatic
singular	first		fríom	fríomsa
	second		fríod	fríotsa
	third	m	fríd	frítsean
		f	fríthe	frífse
plural	first		frínn	frínne
	second		fríbh	fríbhse
	third		fríofa	fríofasan

Pronoun

fríd (emphatic frídsean)

1. third-person singular masculine of fríd (“through”)

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “frí”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 334
• Ó Baoill, Dónall P. (1996), An Teanga Bheo: Gaeilge Uladh (in Irish), Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, pages 92, 96, 152
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fríd”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Mutation

Mutated forms of fríd

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fríd	fhríd	bhfríd

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.