purgóid

Irish

Alternative forms

• prugóid

Etymology

From Middle Irish purgóit, from Latin pūrgātiō.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠʌɾˠəɡɔdʲ/

Noun

purgóid f (genitive singular purgóide, nominative plural purgóidí)

1. laxative, purgative

Declension

Declension of purgóid

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative purgóid purgóidí Vocative a phurgóid a phurgóidí Genitive purgóide purgóidí Dative purgóid purgóidí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an phurgóid na purgóidí Genitive na purgóide na bpurgóidí Dative leis an bpurgóid don phurgóid leis na purgóidí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
purgóid	phurgóid	bpurgóid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “purgóid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “purgóit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “purgóid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 555
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “purgóid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 53