sáigh
Irish
editPronunciation
edit- (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠɑːɟ/
- (Galway) IPA(key): /sˠɑː/
- (Mayo) IPA(key): /sˠɑːj/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /sˠaːj/
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle Irish sáithid, sáidid, from Old Irish sáidid (“thrust, fix”).
Alternative forms
editVerb
editsáigh (present analytic sánn, future analytic sáfaidh, verbal noun sá, past participle sáite) (transitive)
Conjugation
editconjugation of sáigh (first conjugation – C)
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | present | sáim | sánn tú; sáir† |
sánn sé, sí | sáimid | sánn sibh | sánn siad; sáid† |
a shánn; a shás / a sánn*; a sás* |
sáitear |
past | sháigh mé; shás | sháigh tú; sháis |
sháigh sé, sí | shámar; sháigh muid | sháigh sibh; shábhair | sháigh siad; shádar | a sháigh / ar sháigh* |
sádh | |
past habitual | sháinn / sáinn‡‡ | sháiteá / sáiteᇇ | shádh sé, sí / sádh sé, s퇇 | sháimis; shádh muid / sáimis‡‡; sádh muid‡‡ | shádh sibh / sádh sibh‡‡ | sháidís; shádh siad / sáidís‡‡; sádh siad‡‡ | a shádh / a sádh* |
sháití / sáit퇇 | |
future | sáfaidh mé; sáfad |
sáfaidh tú; sáfair† |
sáfaidh sé, sí | sáfaimid; sáfaidh muid |
sáfaidh sibh | sáfaidh siad; sáfaid† |
a sháfaidh; a sháfas / a sáfaidh*; a sáfas* |
sáfar | |
conditional | sháfainn / sáfainn‡‡ | sháfá / sáfᇇ | sháfadh sé, sí / sáfadh sé, s퇇 | sháfaimis; sháfadh muid / sáfaimis‡‡; sáfadh muid‡‡ | sháfadh sibh / sáfadh sibh‡‡ | sháfaidís; sháfadh siad / sáfaidís‡‡; sáfadh siad‡‡ | a sháfadh / a sáfadh* |
sháfaí / sáfa퇇 | |
subjunctive | present | go sá mé; go sád† |
go sá tú; go sáir† |
go sá sé, sí | go sáimid; go sá muid |
go sá sibh | go sá siad; go sáid† |
— | go sáitear |
past | dá sáinn | dá sáiteá | dá sádh sé, sí | dá sáimis; dá sádh muid |
dá sádh sibh | dá sáidís; dá sádh siad |
— | dá sáití | |
imperative | sáim | sáigh | sádh sé, sí | sáimis | sáigí; sáidh† |
sáidís | — | sáitear | |
verbal noun | sá | ||||||||
past participle | sáite |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editsáigh m
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sáigh | sháigh after an, tsáigh |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sáigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sáigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “sáigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57
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