See also: suigh and sùigh

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish súigid, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sewg-. Cognate with English suck and Latin sugo.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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súigh (present analytic súnn, future analytic súfaidh, verbal noun , past participle súite)

  1. (transitive) absorb, suck
  2. (transitive, chemistry) occlude

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
súigh shúigh
after an, tsúigh
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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