súgradh
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish súgrad (“act of playing; diversion, sport, mirth”), possibly related to súcach (“merry, cheerful, pleasant”) and subae (“joy, pleasure, happiness, merriment”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
súgradh m (genitive singular súgartha)
Usage notes edit
Effectively a verbal noun of a verb that has no finite or participial forms.
Declension edit
Declension of súgradh
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- cnáimhín súgartha (“wish-bone”)
- seomra súgartha (“playroom”)
Related terms edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
súgradh | shúgradh after an, tsúgradh |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “súgradh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súgrad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language