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farraige

farraige

Irish

Alternative forms

fairrge (superseded)

Noun

farraige f ‎(genitive singular farraige, nominative plural farraigí)

sea
Proverb: Bainfidh an fharraige a cuid féin amach; beidh a cuid féin ag an bhfarraige.‎
The sea will have its own, its share of tragedies.
billow, swell

Declension

Declension of farraige

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	farraige	farraigí
Vocative	a fharraige	a fharraigí
Genitive	farraige	farraigí
Dative	farraige	farraigí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fharraige	na farraigí
Genitive	na farraige	na bhfarraigí
Dative	leis an bhfarraige don fharraige	leis na farraigí

Derived terms

Terms derived from farraige

ar farraige, ar an bhfarraige ‎(“at sea”)
farraige chósta ‎(“coastal waters”)
an fharraige mhór ‎(“the open sea, the ocean”)
farraigeoireacht ‎(“(act of) seafaring”)
farraigí an domhain ‎(“the seas of the world, the seven seas”)

na farraigí arda ‎(“the high seas”)
fear farraige, farraigeach ‎(“seaman, seafarer”)
fear i bhfarraige! ‎(“man overboard!”)
focal farraige ‎(“nautical term”)
fórsaí farraige ‎(“naval forces”)

gafa i bhfarraige ‎(“for one's number to be up”)
iasc farraige ‎(“sea-fish”)
lucht farraige ‎(“seafarers”)
tinneas farraige ‎(“sea-sickness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
farraige	fharraige	bhfarraige
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"farraige" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“fairrge, fairge” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.