guigh
Irish
Alternative forms
- guidh[1] (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish guidid, from Proto-Celtic *gʷedyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰédʰyeti (“to request, pray, ask for”).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡɪɟ/
- (Galway) IPA(key): /ɡɪvʲ/[2][3][4] (as if spelled guibh)
- (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /ɡiː/
Verb
guigh (present analytic guíonn, future analytic guífidh, verbal noun guí, past participle guite)
- to pray
Conjugation
First Conjugation (C)
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | present | guím | guíonn tú; guír† | guíonn sé, sí | guímid | guíonn sibh | guíonn siad; guíd† | a ghuíonn; a ghuíos / a nguíonn*; a nguíos* | guitear |
past | ghuigh mé; ghuíos | ghuigh tú; ghuís | ghuigh sé, sí | ghuíomar; ghuigh muid | ghuigh sibh; ghuíobhair | ghuigh siad; ghuíodar | a ghuigh / ar ghuigh* | guíodh | |
past habitual | ghuínn | ghuiteá | ghuíodh sé, sí | ghuimis; ghuíodh muid | ghuíodh sibh | ghuidís; ghuíodh siad | a ghuíodh / ar ghuíodh* | ghuití | |
future | guífidh mé; guífead | guífidh tú; guífir† | guífidh sé, sí | guífimid; guífidh muid | guífidh sibh | guífidh siad; guífid† | a ghuífidh; a ghuífeas / a nguífidh*; a nguífeas* | guífear | |
conditional | ghuífinn / nguífinn‡‡ | ghuífeá / nguífeᇇ | ghuífeadh sé, sí / nguífeadh sé, s퇇 | ghuífimis; ghuífeadh muid / nguífimis‡‡; nguífeadh muid‡‡ | ghuífeadh sibh / nguífeadh sibh‡‡ | ghuífidís; ghuífeadh siad / nguífidís‡‡; nguífeadh siad‡‡ | a ghuífeadh / ar ghuífeadh* | ghuífí / nguíf퇇 | |
subjunctive | present | go nguí mé; go nguíod† | go nguí tú; go nguír† | go nguí sé, sí | go nguímid; go nguí muid | go nguí sibh | go nguí siad; go nguíd† | — | go nguitear |
past | dá nguínn | dá nguiteá | dá nguíodh sé, sí | dá nguimis; dá nguíodh muid | dá nguíodh sibh | dá nguidís; dá nguíodh siad | — | dá nguití | |
imperative | guím | guigh | guíodh sé, sí | guímis | guígí; guídh† | guídís | — | guitear | |
verbal noun | guí | ||||||||
past participle | guite |
* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
guigh | ghuigh | nguigh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- “guiḋim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 124.
- Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1975, The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 547.
- Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 180.
Further reading
- “guidid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- "guigh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.