frisian

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1. frisian - Noun

2. frisian - Adjective

3. Frisian - Proper noun

Meaning

Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province of the Netherlands; Friesic.

A native or inhabitant of Friesland; also, the language spoken in Friesland. See Friesic, n.

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Also, when followed by some vowels, the Germanic k softened to a ch sound; for example, the Frisian for cheese and church is tsiis and tsjerke, whereas in Dutch it is kaas and kerk, and in High German the respective words are Käse and Kirche. Source: Internet

It had its own institutions (collectively called the " Frisian freedom ") and resented the imposition of the feudal system and the patriciate found in other European towns. Source: Internet

During this time, the Frisian language was spoken along the entire southern North Sea coast. Source: Internet

He grew up on a farm; his parents, devout Protestants, were Frisian and Danish peasants. Source: Internet

In the more southern languages (Old High German, Old Dutch, Old Saxon), forms that lost -i often show no umlaut, but in the more northern languages (Old English, Old Frisian), the forms do. Source: Internet

ISO 639-1 code fy and ISO 639-2 code fry were assigned to "Frisian", but that was changed in November 2005 to " Western Frisian ". Source: Internet

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