gjirrich
West Frisian
editEtymology
editCognate to Dutch gierig, German gierig. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. West Frisian "gier" seems to lack the meaning "greed", so borrowed rather than natively formed?
Adjective
editgjirrich
Inflection
edit| Inflection of gjirrich | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | gjirrich | |||
| inflected | gjirrige | |||
| comparative | gjirriger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | gjirrich | gjirriger | it gjirrichst it gjirrichste | |
| indefinite | c. sing. | gjirrige | gjirrigere | gjirrichste |
| n. sing. | gjirrich | gjirriger | gjirrichste | |
| plural | gjirrige | gjirrigere | gjirrichste | |
| definite | gjirrige | gjirrigere | gjirrichste | |
| partitive | gjirrichs | gjirrigers | — | |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “gjirrich”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011