*frijaz

Runic: ᚠᚱᛁᛃᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸri.jɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

free

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *priHós (‘beloved’). The original meaning was probably something like “from one's own clan”, from which a meaning “being a free man, not a serf” developed.

Declension

Strong declension

CaseSg. Masc.Sg. Fem.Sg. Neut.Pl. Masc.Pl. Fem.Pl. Neut.
Nom.frijazfrijōfriją, -at, -atōfrijaifrijôzfrijō
Acc.frijanǭfrijǭfriją, -at, -atōfrijanzfrijōzfrijō
Gen.frijas, frīsfrijaizōzfrijas, frīsfrijaizǫ̂frijaizǫ̂frijaizǫ̂
Dat.frijammaifrijaizōifrijammaifrijaimazfrijaimazfrijaimaz
Inst.frijanōfrijaizōfrijanōfrijaimizfrijaimizfrijaimiz

Weak declension

CaseSg. Masc.Sg. Fem.Sg. Neut.Pl. Masc.Pl. Fem.Pl. Neut.
Nom.frijôfrijǭfrijôfrijanizfrijōnizfrijōnō
Acc.frijanųfrijōnųfrijôfrijanunzfrijōnunzfrijōnō
Gen.frīnizfrijōnizfrīnizfrijanǫ̂frijōnǫ̂frijanǫ̂
Dat.frīnifrijōnifrīnifrijammazfrijōmazfrijammaz
Inst.frīnēfrijōnēfrīnēfrijammizfrijōmizfrijammiz

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Descendants

  • *frī (Proto-West Germanic)
    • frī (Old Dutch)
      • vri (Middle Dutch)
        • vrij (Dutch)
          • vry (Afrikaans)
          • felei (Aukan)
          • frèi, prèi, pré (Caribbean Javanese)
          • prei (Indonesian)
          • ꦥꦿꦺꦲꦶ (prèi) (Javanese)
          • vri, vrie, fri (Negerhollands)
          • vry (Peranakan Indonesian)
          • peré (Sundanese)
  • *frī (Proto-West Germanic)
    • frēo, frīo, freoh, frioh, friġ, frī, frȳ (Old English)
      • fre, vri, vry (Middle English)
        • fre (Scots)
  • *frī (Proto-West Germanic)
    • frēo, frīo, freoh, frioh, friġ, frī, frȳ (Old English)
      • fre, vri, vry (Middle English)
        • free (English)
          • firii (Fiji Hindi)
  • *frī (Proto-West Germanic)
    • frī (Old Frisian)
      • fräi (Saterland Frisian)
      • frij (West Frisian)
  • *frī (Proto-West Germanic)
    • frī (Old High German)
      • vrī (Middle High German)
        • frei (German)
        • fräi (Luxembourgish)
        • frȧj (Vilamovian)
        • פֿרײַ (fray) (Yiddish)
  • *frī (Proto-West Germanic)
    • frī (Old Saxon)
      • vri, vrîg (Middle Low German)
        • fri (Danish)
        • prii (Estonian)
        • fríur (Faroese)
        • brīvs (Latvian)
        • brī (Livonian)
        • fri, free, frigg (Low German)
        • fri (Norwegian)
        • fri (Swedish)
  • 𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (freis) (Gothic)

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