Irish edit

Etymology edit

From daingean +‎ -igh.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠaɲɟənʲɪɟ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠaŋnˠə/, /ˈd̪ˠaŋn̪ˠə/; /ˈd̪ˠæŋnˠə/, /ˈd̪ˠæŋn̪ˠə/

Verb edit

daingnigh (present analytic daingníonn, future analytic daingneoidh, verbal noun daingniú, past participle daingnithe)

  1. to fortify, strengthen
  2. to fasten
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 65:
      dȧŋnīm n̥ bād g n̥ filār.
      [Daingním an bád chuig an philéar.]
      I fasten the boat to the pillar.
  3. to ratify, confirm
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:
      Do dhaingnigheadar an geall agus do fhágadar slán ag n-a chéile.
      They ratified the pledge and bade each other goodbye.

Conjugation edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
daingnigh dhaingnigh ndaingnigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit