fadaigh

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish fataigid, from Old Irish ad·daí.

Alternative forms

Verb

fadaigh (present analytic fadaíonn, future analytic fadóidh, verbal noun fadú, past participle fadaithe) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. set, kindle (of fire)
  2. build up, incite
  3. set up, erect
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Further reading

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish fotaigid, fataigid (lengthens, prolongs). By surface analysis, fada (long) +‎ -igh (verbal suffix).

Alternative forms

Verb

fadaigh (present analytic fadaíonn, future analytic fadóidh, verbal noun fadú, past participle fadaithe)

  1. (intransitive) lengthen, extend, prolong
Conjugation

Further reading

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fadaigh fhadaigh bhfadaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ad-daí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fotaigid, fataigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language