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Irish

Etymology

bua (“victory”) +‎ -igh

Pronunciation

Verb

buaigh (present analytic buann, future analytic buafaidh, verbal noun buachan, past participle buaite)

  1. to win

Conjugation

conjugation of buaigh (first conjugation – C)
verbal noun buachan
past participle buaite
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present buaim buann tú;
buair† 		buann sé, sí buaimid buann sibh buann siad;
buaid† 		a bhuann; a bhuas /
a mbuann* 		buaitear
past bhuaigh mé; bhuas bhuaigh tú;
bhuais 		bhuaigh sé, sí bhuamar; bhuaigh muid bhuaigh sibh; bhuabhair bhuaigh siad; bhuadar a bhuaigh /
ar bhuaigh* 		buadh
past habitual bhuainn / mbuainn‡‡ bhuaiteá / mbuaiteᇇ bhuadh sé, sí / mbuadh sé, s퇇 bhuaimis; bhuadh muid / mbuaimis‡‡; mbuadh muid‡‡ bhuadh sibh / mbuadh sibh‡‡ bhuaidís; bhuadh siad / mbuaidís‡‡; mbuadh siad‡‡ a bhuadh /
a mbuadh* 		bhuaití / mbuait퇇
future buafaidh mé;
buafad 		buafaidh tú;
buafair† 		buafaidh sé, sí buafaimid;
buafaidh muid 		buafaidh sibh buafaidh siad;
buafaid† 		a bhuafaidh; a bhuafas /
a mbuafaidh* 		buafar
conditional bhuafainn / mbuafainn‡‡ bhuafá / mbuafᇇ bhuafadh sé, sí / mbuafadh sé, s퇇 bhuafaimis; bhuafadh muid / mbuafaimis‡‡; mbuafadh muid‡‡ bhuafadh sibh / mbuafadh sibh‡‡ bhuafaidís; bhuafadh siad / mbuafaidís‡‡; mbuafadh siad‡‡ a bhuafadh /
a mbuafadh* 		bhuafaí / mbuafa퇇
subjunctive
present go mbua mé;
go mbuad† 		go mbua tú;
go mbuair† 		go mbua sé, sí go mbuaimid;
go mbua muid 		go mbua sibh go mbua siad;
go mbuaid† 		— go mbuaitear
past dá mbuainn dá mbuaiteá dá mbuadh sé, sí dá mbuaimis;
dá mbuadh muid 		dá mbuadh sibh dá mbuaidís;
dá mbuadh siad 		— dá mbuaití
imperative
– buaim buaigh buadh sé, sí buaimis buaigí;
buaidh† 		buaidís — buaitear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of buaigh
radical lenition eclipsis
buaigh bhuaigh mbuaigh

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

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