oibrigh
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From obair (“work”, noun) + -igh.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
oibrigh (present analytic oibríonn, future analytic oibreoidh, verbal noun oibriú, past participle oibrithe)
- (transitive, intransitive) work
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 3:
- dūŕc mē leš, mārəx gə n-aibŕīx šē, n̄ax ń-īkń̥ ē.
- [Dúirt mé leis murach go n-oibríodh sé, nach n-íocfainn é.]
- I told him if he didn’t work, I wouldn’t pay him.
Conjugation edit
conjugation of oibrigh (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
oibrigh | n-oibrigh | hoibrigh | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oibrigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “opraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “oibriġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 526
- Entries containing “oibrigh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “oibrigh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.