dúirt

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish dubart, from Old Irish as·rubart, perfect of as·beir.

Pronunciation

Verb

dúirt

  1. analytic past indicative of abair (say)

Usage notes

Like many irregular verbs, this past-tense form takes the preverbal particles normally associated with non-past tenses (, an, go, etc., rather than níor, ar, gur).

Mutation

Mutated forms of dúirt
radical lenition eclipsis
dúirt not applicable ndúirt

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 78