suirghe
Irish edit
Noun edit
suirghe f (genitive singular suirghe)
- Alternative form of suirí (“(act of) wooing, courting; courtship”)
Declension edit
Declension of suirghe
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| suirghe | shuirghe after an, tsuirghe |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suirí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish suirge (“wooing, courting, love-making”), from so + rige.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
suirghe f
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| suirghe | shuirghe after "an", t-suirghe |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “suirghe”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “suirge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language