frae

See also: Frae and fræ

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fˠɾˠeː/^[1]

Etymology 1

From early modern double preposition fa ré (“along with”),^[2] from fa and ré (from Old Irish fri).^[3]^[4] Compare fara (used in Munster) and froisin (“too, also”).

Alternative forms

fré
fara (Munster)

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”.^[3]

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

Etymology 2

Noun

frae f (genitive singular frae, uncountable)

alternative form of prae (“prey”)

Declension

Declension of frae (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms
	singular
nominative	frae
vocative	a fhrae
genitive	frae
dative	frae

forms with the definite article
	singular
nominative	an fhrae
genitive	na frae
dative	leis an bhfrae don fhrae

Mutation

Mutated forms of *frae*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
frae	fhrae	bhfrae

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

References

^ 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
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “faré, fare”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 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, section 10.2, page 434
^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “fré”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 487; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN

Scots

Alternative forms

fae (Northern Scots, Central Scots)

Etymology

From Old Norse frá.

Preposition

frae

from
- 1822, Joanna Baillie, Song: Woo'd and Married and A':
  She's ta'en like a cout frae the heather, / Wi' sense and discretion to learn.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

[1] 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

[2] 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-3] 3.0 ^3.1 O’Rahilly, T. F. (1941), “Introduction”, in Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire, Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an chrábhaidh‎^[1], Dublin, page xxxvi

[4] 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, section 10.2, page 434

[5] Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “fré”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 487; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN

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