morg

morg

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɔɾˠəɡ/

Verb

morg (present analytic morgann, future analytic morgfaidh, verbal noun morgadh, past participle morgtha)

1. to putrefy

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	morgaim	morgann tú; morgair†	morgann sé, sí	morgaimid	morgann sibh	morgann siad; morgaid†	a mhorgann; a mhorgas / a morgann*; a morgas*	morgtar
	past	mhorg mé; mhorgas	mhorg tú; mhorgais	mhorg sé, sí	mhorgamar; mhorg muid	mhorg sibh; mhorgabhair	mhorg siad; mhorgadar	a mhorg / ar mhorg*	morgadh
	past habitual	mhorgainn / morgainn‡‡	mhorgtá / morgtᇇ	mhorgadh sé, sí / morgadh sé, s퇇	mhorgaimis; mhorgadh muid / morgaimis‡‡; morgadh muid‡‡	mhorgadh sibh / morgadh sibh‡‡	mhorgaidís; mhorgadh siad / morgaidís‡‡; morgadh siad‡‡	a mhorgadh / a morgadh*	mhorgtaí / morgta퇇
	future	morgfaidh mé; morgfad	morgfaidh tú; morgfair†	morgfaidh sé, sí	morgfaimid; morgfaidh muid	morgfaidh sibh	morgfaidh siad; morgfaid†	a mhorgfaidh; a mhorgfas / a morgfaidh*; a morgfas*	morgfar
conditional		mhorgfainn / morgfainn‡‡	mhorgfá / morgfᇇ	mhorgfadh sé, sí / morgfadh sé, s퇇	mhorgfaimis; mhorgfadh muid / morgfaimis‡‡; morgfadh muid‡‡	mhorgfadh sibh / morgfadh sibh‡‡	mhorgfaidís; mhorgfadh siad / morgfaidís‡‡; morgfadh siad‡‡	a mhorgfadh / a morgfadh*	mhorgfaí / morgfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go morga mé; go morgad†	go morga tú; go morgair†	go morga sé, sí	go morgaimid; go morga muid	go morga sibh	go morga siad; go morgaid†	—	go morgtar
	past	dá morgainn	dá morgtá	dá morgadh sé, sí	dá morgaimis; dá morgadh muid	dá morgadh sibh	dá morgaidís; dá morgadh siad	—	dá morgtaí
imperative		morgaim	morg	morgadh sé, sí	morgaimis	morgaigí; morgaidh†	morgaidís	—	morgtar
verbal noun		morgadh
past participle		morgtha

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
morg	mhorg	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “morg” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “morgaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “morgaim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 497.
• "morg" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.