frae

See also: Frae and fræ

Irish

Alternative forms

fré
fara (Munster)

Etymology

From early modern double preposition fa ré (“along with”),^[1] from fa and ré (from Old Irish fri).^[2]^[3] Compare fara (used in Munster) and froisin (“too, also”).

Pronunciation

(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /fˠɾˠeː/^[4]

Preposition

frae (plus dative, triggers h-prothesis)

with, along with

Usage notes

In Connacht dialects common in fraena chéile, frae chéile (“together”) instead of le chéile.

O’Rahilly notes “many errors in Dinneen’s treatment^[5] of the word”.^[2]

Inflection

Inflection of *frae*
	Person:		simple	emphatic
singular	first		frum, friom	frum, friomsa
	second		frat, friot	fratsa, friotsa
	third	m	frois, freis	frois-sean, freis-sean
	third	f	frae, fria, fréithe, froithi	friasa, fréithese, froithise

plural	first		fruinn, frinn, froinn	fruinne, frinne, froinne
	second		fraoib, froibh, fribh	fraoib, froibh, fribhse
	third		frób, freo, freob	freosan, freobsan

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “faré, fare”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 O’Rahilly, T. F. (1941) “Introduction”, in Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire, Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an chrábhaidh‎^[1], Dublin, page xxxvi
^ Damian McManus (1994) “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §10.2, page 434
^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 306, page 143
^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “fré”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society

Scots

Alternative forms

fae (Northern Scots, Central Scots)

Etymology

From Old Norse frá.

Preposition

frae

from

[1] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “faré, fare”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[O'Rahilly-2] 2.0 ^2.1 O’Rahilly, T. F. (1941) “Introduction”, in Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire, Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an chrábhaidh‎^[1], Dublin, page xxxvi

[3] Damian McManus (1994) “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §10.2, page 434

[4] Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 306, page 143

[5] Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “fré”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society

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