éignigh

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Irish

Etymology

From éigean (force, violence).

Verb

éignigh (present analytic éigníonn, future analytic éigneoidh, verbal noun éigniú, past participle éignithe)

  1. to force
  2. to violate
  3. to rape

Conjugation

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of éignigh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éignigh n-éignigh héignigh not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.