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freagair

freagair

Irish

Verb

freagair (present analytic freagraíonn, future analytic freagróidh, verbal noun freagairt, past participle freagartha)

  1. to answer

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
freagair fhreagair bhfreagair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ·frecair, prototonic form of fris·gair, from fri (against) + gairid (calls).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfrʲekɪrʲ/

Verb

freagair (past fhreagair, future freagairidh, verbal noun freagairt, past participle freagairte)

  1. answer, reply
    Freagair an duine. ― Answer the man.
  2. suit, befit
  3. match, fit, correspond to, tally

Usage notes

  • In the senses "suit", "fit" etc used with the prepositions do, ri and air:
    Am freagair an còta dhomh/rium/orm? ― Will the coat suit me?

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
freagair fhreagair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9