idirghuí

idirghuí

Irish

Alternative forms

• eadarghuí
• eadarghuidhe, eadarghuighe, eidirghuidhe, idiorghuidhe, idirghuidhe (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish etarguide; surface analysis idir- +‎ guí.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɪdʲərʲˈɣiː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɪdʲərʲˌɣiː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈad̪ˠəɾˠˌɣiə/[1] (corresponding to the form eadarghuí)

Noun

idirghuí f (genitive singular idirghuí, nominative plural idirghuíonna)

1. (religion) intercession (prayer to God on behalf of another person), supplication

Declension

Declension of idirghuí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative idirghuí idirghuíonna Vocative a idirghuí a idirghuíonna Genitive idirghuí idirghuíonna Dative idirghuí idirghuíonna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an idirghuí na hidirghuíonna Genitive na hidirghuí na n-idirghuíonna Dative leis an idirghuí don idirghuí leis na hidirghuíonna

Derived terms

• idirghuítheoir

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
idirghuí	n-idirghuí	hidirghuí	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “idirghuí” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “etarguide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “eadar-ġuiḋe” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 273.
• "idirghuí" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34