friisk

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• fresk (Föhr-Amrum)
• frasch (Mooring)

Etymology

From Old Frisian frēsisk. Cognates include West Frisian frysk.

Pronunciation

• (Sylt) IPA^(key): [friːsk]

Adjective

friisk (Sylt)

1. Frisian (of the Frisian languages, the Frisian-speaking people, or the regions inhabitated by them)
2. (archaic) Mainland North Frisian (of the Frisian dialects, people and areas on the mainland of what is now Schleswig-Holstein, including the Halligen, but excluding the islands of Sylt, Amrum, Föhr and Heligoland)

Usage notes

• The Insular North Frisians originally identified themselves only as Sölring, Öömrang, Fering and Halunder. They did not have a word for these islands collectively and the word friisk (on Föhr and Amrum fresk) referred to the Mainland Frisians.
• Today the learned usage, which groups as “Frisian” all languages derived from Old Frisian, has established itself. However, when referring to their own speech, insular speakers still use the above individual terms and will not normally say that they snaki friisk (“speak Frisian”).

Inflection

Inflection of friisk (Sylt dialect)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite
positive
predicative / adverbial	friisk
attributive
independent	friisken	friisk	friisken
partitive	friisks		—
comparative
predicative / adverbial	friisker
attributive
independent	friiskeren	friisker	friiskeren
partitive	friiskers		—
superlative
predicative / adverbial	am friiskesten
attributive	friiskest
independent	—	friiskest	friiskesten

Swedish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

friisk

1. Obsolete form of frisisk (“Frisian”).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

friisk

1. Obsolete form of frisk (“healthy; fresh”).