freisin

Irish

Etymology

From early modern fa ris sin (“morover”), from fa + ris (< Old Irish fris) + sin.[1] Compare frae, fara (“along with”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfʲɾʲɛʃənʲ/
  • (Connemara) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɾˠɔʃənʲ/ (as if spelled froisin)

Adverb

freisin

  1. also, as well, too

Synonyms

References
  1. T. F. O’Rahilly (1941) “Introduction”, in Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire, Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an chrábhaidh‎, Dublin, page xxxvi
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