, -ais, m., dampness in house walls or house roofs.

, -lighe, f., seaweed.

, -e, f., France (with article).

, -e, f., the French language.

, g. id., pl. -sidhe, a fringe.

, -sighe, a., curled (of the hair).

, -cheatha, -cheathanna, m., a slight shower.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., the frame of a door, a frame (A.).

, -losa, pl. id., m., tansey (tanacetum vulgare); lus na Frainnce.

, -aigh pl. id., m., a rat; a Frenchman; as a., French (a rat prop. is luch fhranncach); cearc fhranncach, a turkey; cnó franncach, a walnut; aiteann franncach, large furze or gorse, etc.; bolgach fhranncach, syphilis.

, g. -oich and -oigh, m., heath, heather; fraoch camógach, the tall heath called "Mediterranean heather."

, -oich, m., fierceness, fury, hunger; fraoch fiacal, tooth rage for food.

, -aighe, a., heathy, heathery; as s. f., a heathery waste; cf. Beárna Fraochaighe, the entrance to a heathery expanse on Bray Head, Valentia.

, indec. a., angry, furious, fretful.

, -e, a., furiously raging.

, -áin, pl. id., m., the whortle-berry (also fraochóg).

, -aigh, m., heather (Don.).

, -e, -te, f., a stormy sea.

, m., a fierce dog.

, -aire, a., furious, fierce, angry, ferocious.

, -óige, -óga, f., a whortleberry.

, indec. a., furious, angry.

, -a, f., fury, rage, fierceness.

, g. -ais and -asa, pl. id., m., a shower, hail; small shot, seed; any small, round grain.

, -aise, a., abundant; free, independent, liberal, nimble; also an intensitive prefix, as fras-lúthmhar, very nimble, etc.

, -aighe, a., showery, fruitful, copious, generous; Niall F., one of the kings of Ireland of the Hy Niall race.

, -righe, a., very light, airy (fras is intensive).

, indec. p. a., grievously wounded, having numerous wounds.

, -aidh, pl. id., m., labour, exercise.

, -e, -arca, f., present time, present tense in grammar.

, -cighe, a., modern.

, -namh, v. tr., I labour, work, exercise.

, -artha, f., the act of answering, responding (also freagar, m.); freagairt, id.

, -aighe, a., answerable, suitable, responsible, responsive.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a respondent, a defendant.

, -gartha, pl. id., m., an answer, a reply; act of answering.

, -aighe, a., responsible, responsive.

, -a, f., adaptation, suitability, answerableness.

, -gra and -gairt, imper. -gair, fut. freigeor- (also freagróch-, v. tr. and intr., I answer, reply to, respond, suit.

, g. -éimhe, pl. -éamha and -éamhacha, f., a root, stock, lineage, origin.

, -aighe, a., original, baring roots, radical, fibrous, rooted; fréamhamhail, -mhla, id.

, -a, f., originality; taking deep root.

, -mhadh, v. tr. and intr., I take root; I spring from; I found, establish; I settle, set, sow, plant.

, m., a root, i.e. a radical or root word.

, -lte, m., a pulling or dragging by the roots, the act of extirpating.

, -leadh, v. tr., I pull or drag by the roots, I extirpate.

, -uighthe, m., a taking root; descending from (as from a parent stock).

, -ughadh, v. tr., I take root, I spring from (as a race from a parent stock). See <<fréamhaim>>.

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a dogfish.

, f., curviture, crookedness, distortion.

, -aighe, a., winding, turning, bending, warping.

, -adh, v. tr., I bend, twist, bias.

, -eipe, -a, f., medicine (O'N.).

, -ptha, m., healing, curing (O'N.).

, -adh, v. intr., I bounce, skip, kick, run; I heal.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a bouncer, a skipper, a runner (also a doctor, a physician, O'N.).

, in certain compounds: upwards, against, contrary to. O'N. has freasc, upwards.

, -adh, v. tr., I ascend (O'N.).

, m., a warding or guarding against.

, -ála, f., a climbing, ascent; the ascension into Heaven.

, -ghabháil, v. tr., I climb, ascend.

, -ail, m., attendance; act of waiting on, serving; lot, fate, providence (also freastail, f.).

, -aighe, a., provident, foresighted, attentive, careful in ministering to.

, -a, f., a service; attendance; act of waiting on.

, -al and -aladh, v. intr., I minister, attend, wait on, prepare.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a waiter, attendant.

, along with that; as well; bhí mise ann freisin, I was there also (Con.).

, prep.= tré, through (U.).

, g. id., pl. -anna, f., a partition between two rooms (O'N.).

, g. -ghde, pl. -ghdidhe and -ghdeacha, f., a fleshworm; a mite; ní lugha an fhrigh 'ná máthair an uilc, the smallest mite may cause evil; níl oiread na frighde ann, it is of no account (said, e.g. of an accident); níl faic na frighde eadortha, there is not the least difference between them; luach na frighde, nothing; frigh an gháire, a dimple, the appearance or first beginning of a laugh (Con.); variously written frigh, frig and frighid.

, -oige, -oga, f., a fleshworm; a letter. See. frigh.

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., the barb of a fishing hook or arrow. See <<frigh>>.

, -sighe, a., curled, tortuous (of the hair). See <<frainse>>.

, indec. a., active, vigorous; pert.

, -aimh, m., care, diligence.

, -aighe, a., careful, attentive, diligent; sharp, keen, barbed, piercing, bristly, rough.

, -mhla, a., careful, diligent; keen, sharp; barbed, piercing.

, -ála, f., a frying or parching; friochtadh), id.

, -adh, v. tr., I fry or parch.

, m., a frying-pan; friochtán, id.

(frith-), prefix, against, back, contra.

, m., a breeze (Mayo).

, -ála, f., the motion of a shoal of fish when it appears suddenly on the surface (Mayo).

, -lte, m., attendance, service; fear friotháilte, a servant; bean fhriotháilte, a nurse.

, -áileadh, v. tr., I serve, minister, attend (at table, etc.); do friotháileadh bórd chughainn is cóir ghlan chum bídh, a table and neat preparation for a meal were provided for us.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., an interpreter (O'N.).

, -ail, pl. id., m., an interpretation, a word, a saying; a discussion; a discourse; a spoken word; fear friotail, an interpeter.

, -aighe, a., speechful, responsive, fluent.

, -aic, -aca, m., the barb of a fishing-hook. See frithbheach.

, -ualadh, v. tr., I baffle, repel, allay, check, strike against.

, -tighe, a., subduing, baffling, checking, striking against.

, -ailte, m., repercussion; return-beat (of the pulse).

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a backstroke.

, m., a frying-pan. See friocht-oigheann.

, the head fairy (Con.).

, -a, f., ministering; carving (also friotháileacht).

, -adh, v. tr., I carve (O'N.). See friotháilim.

, -aigh pl. id., m., a carver.

See <<frioth->>.

, was found, pf. ps. of do-gheibhim, I find, get, receive; used extensively in poetry, where do is sometimes prefixed; fríth go holc iad, they behaved badly (Clare and Con.); mar fríth go fann-lag dream na hÉireann, as the people of Ireland were weak (D. Ruadh); do fríth go táir, who were of base birth.

, -eiche, -a, f., the barb of a hook.

, -eirte, f., an opposition, a contradiction.

, v. tr., I object to, I gainsay.

, f., bait for fish.

, -a, f., antipathy.

, -e, f., return track; a turning back, a relapse; i bhf. na conaire, back by the same road; shortness, directness; hurry.

, -e, a., eager, earnest, peevish, cross, fretful, sore; cos fhrithir, a sore foot (Om., etc.).

, -léighthe, m., reperusal.

, -eirce, f., a return of love, mutual friendship.

, m., a frock (A.).

, -ganna m., a frog, a toad; tá mé eadra bracach ("brackit" = speckled) agus liath mar bhíonns na frogannaidhe ins an bhfóghmhar (Meath).

, -mhtha, pl. id., m., act of tasting, testing, proving, making trial of; a proof; pl. sometimes fromhthanna.

, -adh, v. tr., I taste, test, try, prove, make trial of.

, p. a., tried, proved.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a kind of play, a mock wedding.