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

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɾˠɑːsˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɾˠæːsˠə/

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

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

Declension of frása

Fourth declension

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