pósadh

See also: pòsadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish pósad m (“the act of marrying or espousing, marriage”), verbal noun of pósaid (“to marry”). By surface analysis, pós +‎ -adh (verbal noun ending).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠoːsˠə/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠoːsˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɔːsˠuː/

Noun

pósadh m (genitive singular pósta, nominative plural póstaí)

1. verbal noun of pós (“marry”)
2. (state, ceremony of) marriage

Declension

Declension of pósadh

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative pósadh póstaí Vocative a phósadh a phóstaí Genitive pósta póstaí Dative pósadh póstaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an pósadh na póstaí Genitive an phósta na bpóstaí Dative leis an bpósadh don phósadh leis na póstaí

Derived terms

• bean atá le pósadh (“bride-to-be”)
• fógraí pósta
• gan phósadh
• gealltanas pósta (“promise of marriage; engagement”)
• idirphósadh
• ilphósadh
• pósadh a dhéanamh (“to marry; to officiate at a marriage ceremony”)
• pósadh a scaoileadh (“to dissolve a marriage”)
• pósadh dúbailte (“double wedding”)
• pósadh dúbailte (“double wedding”)
• pósadh measctha (“mixed marriage”)
• pósadh measctha (“mixed marriage”)
• pósadh práinne (“shotgun wedding”)
• pósadh sibhialta (“civil marriage”)

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠoːsˠəɡ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠoːsˠəvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠoːsˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɔːsˠuː/

Verb

pósadh

1. autonomous past indicative autonomous of pós (“marry”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠoːsˠəx/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈpˠoːsˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈpˠoːsˠəx/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈpˠoːsˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈpˠoːsˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈpˠɔːsˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈpˠɔːsˠuː/

Verb

pósadh

1. third-person singular imperative of pós (“marry”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pósadh	phósadh	bpósadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pósadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pósadh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “pósadh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024