suaith
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish súaithid.[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsuaith (present analytic suaitheann, future analytic suaithfidh, verbal noun suaitheadh, past participle suaite) (transitive, intransitive)
- to mix, stir
- to toss (salad)
- to shuffle (cards)
- Synonym: boscáil
- to knead, massage
- to agitate, disturb, unsettle
- to convulse (be beset by political or social upheaval)
- to subvert (upturn convention by undermining it)
Conjugation
editconjugation of suaith (first conjugation – B)
*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
- Alternative verbal noun: suaithneáil f
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
suaith | shuaith after an, tsuaith |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súaithid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suaith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “suaiṫim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 700
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “suaith”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “suaith”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024