suirí
Irish
Alternative forms
- suirghe
Etymology
From Old Irish suirge (“wooing, courting, love-making”), from so + rige.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠɪˈɾʲiː/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈsˠɪɾʲiː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠɪɾʲi/
Noun
suirí f (genitive singular suirí)
- (act of) wooing, courting; courtship
- Synonym: cúirtéireacht
- sexual intercourse, lovemaking
Declension
Declension of suirí
Fourth declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- éan suirí (“lovebird”)
- páiste suirí (“bastard, love child”)
- plaicín suirí (“hickey”)
- séad suirí (“love-token”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
suirí | shuirí after an, tsuirí | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “suirí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “suirge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “suirí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “suirí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46