frum fram
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a reduplication of Old Irish fothromm (“noise, loud and discordant sound”), an alteration of fothronn through influence of fúaimm (modern fuaim). Compare Scottish Gaelic faram (“noise, loudness”).
Noun
[edit]frum fram
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| frum fram | fhrum fram | bhfrum fram |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “frum”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fothromm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language