frij

Meaning

Adj

free

Adv

very

Pronounced as (IPA)

/frɛi̯/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Frisian: frī

In summary

From Old Frisian frī, from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“to be fond of”).

Sentences

It is in frij yngewikkelde matearje.

It is a rather complicated matter.

Dêr binne je dus no frij fan .

So you are now free from that.

De haadwegen tusken de grutte stêden binne frij fan tol.

The main roads between the big cities are free of tolls.

Froulju hearre frij te wêzen, wêr op 'e wrâld ek .

Women deserve to be free, no matter where they are in the world.

Om kertier foar ienen de middeis wie de masinist frij .

At a quarter to one in the afternoon the machinist was free.

Hy hat ôfrûne jier foaral moarnstsjinsten draaid, middeis hie er dan frij .

Last year he mainly worked morning shifts, then he had the afternoon off.