-igh
See also: 'igh
Irish
Alternative forms
- -aigh (broad version)
Etymology
From Old Irish -igid (whence also Scottish Gaelic -ich), originally a denominative verb formative, from Proto-Celtic *-sagyeti; compare Welsh -hau.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɪɟ/ (post-consonantal)
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɟ/ (post-vocalic)
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /iː/ (post-consonantal)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /i/ (post-consonantal)
- (Ulster, Connacht) IPA(key): /j/ (post-vocalic)
Suffix
-igh
- Suffix used to form verbs from nouns; semi-productive in modern Irish.
Usage notes
- Affixed verbs ending in -igh form a sizeable number of second-conjugation verbs. Many monosyllabic verbs in Irish (which historically are not from affixes), however, are of the first conjugation.
- First-conjugation verbs (which are not a result of affixation):
- léigh (“read”)
- ligh (“lick”)
- nigh (“wash”)
- dóigh (“burn”)
- suigh (“sit”) (originally suidh)
- súigh (“suck”)
- First-conjugation verbs (which are not a result of affixation):
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Irish_words_suffixed_with_-igh' title='Category:Irish words suffixed with -igh'>Irish words suffixed with -igh</a>
See also
- -áil