neartaigh
Irish
Alternative forms
- neartuigh (superseded)
Etymology
From Middle Irish nertaigid,[1] replacing Old Irish nertaid.[2] By surface analysis, neart + -igh.
Verb
neartaigh (present analytic neartaíonn, future analytic neartóidh, verbal noun neartú, past participle neartaithe)
- to strengthen, confirm, fortify, build up, nerve
- to grow stronger, intensify, consolidate
Conjugation
conjugation of neartaigh (second conjugation)
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | present | neartaím | neartaíonn tú; neartaír† |
neartaíonn sé, sí | neartaímid; neartaíonn muid |
neartaíonn sibh | neartaíonn siad; neartaíd† |
a neartaíonn; a neartaíos | neartaítear |
past | neartaigh mé; neartaíos | neartaigh tú; neartaís | neartaigh sé, sí | neartaíomar; neartaigh muid | neartaigh sibh; neartaíobhair | neartaigh siad; neartaíodar | a neartaigh / ar neartaigh* |
neartaíodh | |
past habitual | neartaínn | neartaíteá | neartaíodh sé, sí | neartaímis; neartaíodh muid | neartaíodh sibh | neartaídís; neartaíodh siad | a neartaíodh / a neartaíodh* |
neartaítí | |
future | neartóidh mé; neartód; neartóchaidh mé† |
neartóidh tú; neartóir†; neartóchaidh tú† |
neartóidh sé, sí; neartóchaidh sé, sí† |
neartóimid; neartóidh muid; neartóchaimid†; neartóchaidh muid† |
neartóidh sibh; neartóchaidh sibh† |
neartóidh siad; neartóid†; neartóchaidh siad† |
a neartóidh; a neartós; a neartóchaidh†; a neartóchas† | neartófar; neartóchar† | |
conditional | neartóinn; neartóchainn† | neartófá; neartóchthᆠ| neartódh sé, sí; neartóchadh sé, sí† | neartóimis; neartódh muid; neartóchaimis†; neartóchadh muid† | neartódh sibh; neartóchadh sibh† | neartóidís; neartódh siad; neartóchadh siad† | a neartódh; a neartóchadh† / a neartódh*; a neartóchadh*† |
neartófaí; neartóchthaí† | |
subjunctive | present | go neartaí mé; go neartaíod† |
go neartaí tú; go neartaír† |
go neartaí sé, sí | go neartaímid; go neartaí muid |
go neartaí sibh | go neartaí siad; go neartaíd† |
— | go neartaítear |
past | dá neartaínn | dá neartaíteá | dá neartaíodh sé, sí | dá neartaímis; dá neartaíodh muid |
dá neartaíodh sibh | dá neartaídís; dá neartaíodh siad |
— | dá neartaítí | |
imperative | neartaím | neartaigh | neartaíodh sé, sí | neartaímis | neartaígí; neartaídh† |
neartaídís | — | neartaítear | |
verbal noun | neartú | ||||||||
past participle | neartaithe |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Derived terms
- athneartaigh
- neartaigh le (“to corroborate, reinforce, support, abet”)
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “nertaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 nertaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “neartuiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 515
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “neartaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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