chuig
See also: chúig
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
- ag (colloquial; Galway)
Etymology edit
Back-formation from chuige, from Old Irish cuci, the third-person singular masculine of co (“toward”) (modern go).
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
chuig (plus dative, triggers no mutation)
Inflection edit
Inflection of chuig
- Note: The personal forms of chuig also serve as the personal forms of chun. In Galway, many personal forms of ag take over the role of the personal forms of chuig/chun.
Derived terms edit
See Category:Irish phrasal verbs with particle (chuig)
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “chuig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 32