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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish derbaid (“certifies, proves, confirms, attests”) or derbaigid (“makes certain, confirms, verifies”). By surface analysis, dearbh + -igh.
Pronunciation
Verb
dearbhaigh (present analytic dearbhaíonn, future analytic dearbhóidh, verbal noun dearbhú, past participle dearbhaithe)
- (transitive, intransitive) affirm, declare
- Synonym: deimhnigh
- (transitive, intransitive, law) affirm
- Synonyms: daingnigh, dearbhasc, fógair
- (transitive) assert
- Synonym: deimhnigh
- (transitive) confirm
- Synonym: deimhnigh
- (transitive, government, politics) confirm, ratify
- Synonyms: daingnigh, deimhnigh
- (transitive) determine
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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dearbhaím
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dearbhaíonn tú; dearbhaír†
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dearbhaíonn sé, sí
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dearbhaímid; dearbhaíonn muid
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dearbhaíonn sibh
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dearbhaíonn siad; dearbhaíd†
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a dhearbhaíonn; a dhearbhaíos / a ndearbhaíonn*
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dearbhaítear
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past
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dhearbhaigh mé; dhearbhaíos
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dhearbhaigh tú; dhearbhaís
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dhearbhaigh sé, sí
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dhearbhaíomar; dhearbhaigh muid
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dhearbhaigh sibh; dhearbhaíobhair
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dhearbhaigh siad; dhearbhaíodar
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a dhearbhaigh / ar dhearbhaigh*
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dearbhaíodh
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past habitual
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dhearbhaínn / ndearbhaínn‡‡
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dhearbhaíteá / ndearbhaíteᇇ
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dhearbhaíodh sé, sí / ndearbhaíodh sé, s퇇
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dhearbhaímis; dhearbhaíodh muid / ndearbhaímis‡‡; ndearbhaíodh muid‡‡
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dhearbhaíodh sibh / ndearbhaíodh sibh‡‡
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dhearbhaídís; dhearbhaíodh siad / ndearbhaídís‡‡; ndearbhaíodh siad‡‡
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a dhearbhaíodh / a ndearbhaíodh*
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dhearbhaítí / ndearbhaít퇇
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future
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dearbhóidh mé; dearbhód; dearbhóchaidh mé†
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dearbhóidh tú; dearbhóir†; dearbhóchaidh tú†
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dearbhóidh sé, sí; dearbhóchaidh sé, sí†
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dearbhóimid; dearbhóidh muid; dearbhóchaimid†; dearbhóchaidh muid†
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dearbhóidh sibh; dearbhóchaidh sibh†
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dearbhóidh siad; dearbhóid†; dearbhóchaidh siad†
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a dhearbhóidh; a dhearbhós; a dhearbhóchaidh†; a dhearbhóchas† / a ndearbhóidh*; a ndearbhóchaidh*†
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dearbhófar; dearbhóchar†
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conditional
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dhearbhóinn; dhearbhóchainn† / ndearbhóinn‡‡; ndearbhóchainn†‡‡
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dhearbhófá; dhearbhóchthᆠ/ ndearbhófᇇ; ndearbhóchthᆇ‡
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dhearbhódh sé, sí; dhearbhóchadh sé, sí† / ndearbhódh sé, s퇇; ndearbhóchadh sé, s톇‡
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dhearbhóimis; dhearbhódh muid; dhearbhóchaimis†; dhearbhóchadh muid† / ndearbhóimis‡‡; ndearbhódh muid‡‡; ndearbhóchaimis†‡‡; ndearbhóchadh muid†‡‡
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dhearbhódh sibh; dhearbhóchadh sibh† / ndearbhódh sibh‡‡; ndearbhóchadh sibh†‡‡
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dhearbhóidís; dhearbhódh siad; dhearbhóchadh siad† / ndearbhóidís‡‡; ndearbhódh siad‡‡; ndearbhóchadh siad†‡‡
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a dhearbhódh; a dhearbhóchadh† / a ndearbhódh*; a ndearbhóchadh*†
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dhearbhófaí; dhearbhóchthaí† / ndearbhófa퇇; ndearbhóchtha톇‡
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subjunctive
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present
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go ndearbhaí mé; go ndearbhaíod†
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go ndearbhaí tú; go ndearbhaír†
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go ndearbhaí sé, sí
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go ndearbhaímid; go ndearbhaí muid
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go ndearbhaí sibh
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go ndearbhaí siad; go ndearbhaíd†
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go ndearbhaítear
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past
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dá ndearbhaínn
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dá ndearbhaíteá
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dá ndearbhaíodh sé, sí
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dá ndearbhaímis; dá ndearbhaíodh muid
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dá ndearbhaíodh sibh
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dá ndearbhaídís; dá ndearbhaíodh siad
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dá ndearbhaítí
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imperative
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dearbhaím
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dearbhaigh
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dearbhaíodh sé, sí
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dearbhaímis
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dearbhaígí; dearbhaídh†
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dearbhaídís
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dearbhaítear
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verbal noun
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dearbhú
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past participle
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dearbhaithe
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dearbhaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dearbhaigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “dearbhaigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “derbaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “derbaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language