earcaigh

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Irish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare earcach (“recruit”, noun).

Verb

earcaigh (present analytic earcaíonn, future analytic earcóidh, verbal noun earcú, past participle earcaithe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) recruit
    Synonym: liostáil
Conjugation
conjugation of earcaigh (second conjugation)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present earcaím earcaíonn tú;
earcaír† 		earcaíonn sé, sí earcaímid;
earcaíonn muid 		earcaíonn sibh earcaíonn siad;
earcaíd† 		a earcaíonn; a earcaíos /
a n-earcaíonn* 		earcaítear
past d'earcaigh mé; d'earcaíos /
earcaigh mé‡; earcaíos‡ 		d'earcaigh tú; d'earcaís /
earcaigh tú‡; earcaís‡ 		d'earcaigh sé, sí /
earcaigh sé, sí‡ 		d'earcaíomar; d'earcaigh muid /
earcaíomar‡; earcaigh muid‡ 		d'earcaigh sibh; d'earcaíobhair /
earcaigh sibh‡; earcaíobhair‡ 		d'earcaigh siad; d'earcaíodar /
earcaigh siad‡; earcaíodar‡ 		a d'earcaigh /
ar earcaigh* 		earcaíodh;
hearcaíodh†
past habitual d'earcaínn /
earcaínn‡; n-earcaínn‡‡ 		d'earcaíteá /
earcaíteá‡; n-earcaíteᇇ 		d'earcaíodh sé, sí /
earcaíodh sé, sí‡; n-earcaíodh sé, s퇇 		d'earcaímis; d'earcaíodh muid /
earcaímis‡; earcaíodh muid‡; n-earcaímis‡‡; n-earcaíodh muid‡‡ 		d'earcaíodh sibh /
earcaíodh sibh‡; n-earcaíodh sibh‡‡ 		d'earcaídís; d'earcaíodh siad /
earcaídís; earcaíodh siad‡; n-earcaídís‡‡; n-earcaíodh siad‡‡ 		a d'earcaíodh /
a n-earcaíodh* 		d'earcaítí /
earcaítí‡; n-earcaít퇇
future earcóidh mé;
earcód;
earcóchaidh mé† 		earcóidh tú;
earcóir†;
earcóchaidh tú† 		earcóidh sé, sí;
earcóchaidh sé, sí† 		earcóimid;
earcóidh muid;
earcóchaimid†;
earcóchaidh muid† 		earcóidh sibh;
earcóchaidh sibh† 		earcóidh siad;
earcóid†;
earcóchaidh siad† 		a earcóidh; a earcós; a earcóchaidh†; a earcóchas† /
a n-earcóidh*; a n-earcóchaidh*† 		earcófar; earcóchar†
conditional d'earcóinn; d'earcóchainn† / earcóinn‡; earcóchainn†‡; n-earcóinn‡‡; n-earcóchainn†‡‡ d'earcófá; d'earcóchthᆠ/ earcófá‡; earcóchthᆇ; n-earcófᇇ; n-earcóchthᆇ‡ d'earcódh sé, sí; d'earcóchadh sé, s토/ earcódh sé, sí‡; earcóchadh sé, s톇; n-earcódh sé, s퇇; n-earcóchadh sé, s톇‡ d'earcóimis; d'earcódh muid; d'earcóchaimis†; d'earcóchadh muid† / earcóimis‡; earcódh muid‡; earcóchaimis†‡; earcóchadh muid†‡; n-earcóimis‡‡; n-earcódh muid‡‡; n-earcóchaimis†‡‡; n-earcóchadh muid†‡‡ d'earcódh sibh; d'earcóchadh sibh† / earcódh sibh‡; earcóchadh sibh†‡; n-earcódh sibh‡‡; n-earcóchadh sibh†‡‡ d'earcóidís; d'earcódh siad; d'earcóchadh siad† / earcóidís‡; earcódh siad‡; earcóchadh siad†‡; n-earcóidís‡‡; n-earcódh siad‡‡; n-earcóchadh siad†‡‡ a d'earcódh; a d'earcóchadh† /
a n-earcódh*; a n-earcóchadh*† 		d'earcófaí; d'earcóchtha토/ earcófaí‡; earcóchtha톇; n-earcófa퇇; n-earcóchtha톇‡
subjunctive present go n-earcaí mé;
go n-earcaíod† 		go n-earcaí tú;
go n-earcaír† 		go n-earcaí sé, sí go n-earcaímid;
go n-earcaí muid 		go n-earcaí sibh go n-earcaí siad;
go n-earcaíd† 		— go n-earcaítear
past dá n-earcaínn dá n-earcaíteá dá n-earcaíodh sé, sí dá n-earcaímis;
dá n-earcaíodh muid 		dá n-earcaíodh sibh dá n-earcaídís;
dá n-earcaíodh siad 		— dá n-earcaítí
imperative earcaím earcaigh earcaíodh sé, sí earcaímis earcaígí;
earcaídh† 		earcaídís — earcaítear
verbal noun earcú
past participle earcaithe

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

Derived terms
  • earcaíocht f (“(act of) recruiting; recruitment”)

Etymology 2

Noun

earcaigh m

  1. inflection of earcach (“recruit”):
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of earcaigh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
earcaigh n-earcaigh hearcaigh not applicable

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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