sáigh
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish sáithid, sáidid, from Old Irish sáidid (“thrust, fix”).
Alternative forms
- sáidh (obsolete)
- sáithigh
Verb
sáigh (present analytic sánn, future analytic sáfaidh, verbal noun sá, past participle sáite) (transitive)
Conjugation
conjugation of sáigh (first conjugation – C)
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | present | sáim | sánn tú; sáir† |
sánn sé, sí | sáimid | sánn sibh | sánn siad; sáid† |
a shánn; a shás / a sánn*; a sás* |
sáitear |
past | sháigh mé; shás | sháigh tú; sháis |
sháigh sé, sí | shámar; sháigh muid | sháigh sibh; shábhair | sháigh siad; shádar | a sháigh / ar sháigh* |
sádh | |
past habitual | sháinn / sáinn‡‡ | sháiteá / sáiteᇇ | shádh sé, sí / sádh sé, s퇇 | sháimis; shádh muid / sáimis‡‡; sádh muid‡‡ | shádh sibh / sádh sibh‡‡ | sháidís; shádh siad / sáidís‡‡; sádh siad‡‡ | a shádh / a sádh* |
sháití / sáit퇇 | |
future | sáfaidh mé; sáfad |
sáfaidh tú; sáfair† |
sáfaidh sé, sí | sáfaimid; sáfaidh muid |
sáfaidh sibh | sáfaidh siad; sáfaid† |
a sháfaidh; a sháfas / a sáfaidh*; a sáfas* |
sáfar | |
conditional | sháfainn / sáfainn‡‡ | sháfá / sáfᇇ | sháfadh sé, sí / sáfadh sé, s퇇 | sháfaimis; sháfadh muid / sáfaimis‡‡; sáfadh muid‡‡ | sháfadh sibh / sáfadh sibh‡‡ | sháfaidís; sháfadh siad / sáfaidís‡‡; sáfadh siad‡‡ | a sháfadh / a sáfadh* |
sháfaí / sáfa퇇 | |
subjunctive | present | go sá mé; go sád† |
go sá tú; go sáir† |
go sá sé, sí | go sáimid; go sá muid |
go sá sibh | go sá siad; go sáid† |
— | go sáitear |
past | dá sáinn | dá sáiteá | dá sádh sé, sí | dá sáimis; dá sádh muid |
dá sádh sibh | dá sáidís; dá sádh siad |
— | dá sáití | |
imperative | sáim | sáigh | sádh sé, sí | sáimis | sáigí; sáidh† |
sáidís | — | sáitear | |
verbal noun | sá | ||||||||
past participle | sáite |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
sáigh m
- inflection of sách (“well-fed person”):
- vocative/genitive singular
- nominative/dative plural
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sáigh | sháigh after an, tsáigh |
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) “sáigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “sáigh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “sáigh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57
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