fiafraigh

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish fíarfaigid, íarfaigid, from Old Irish ·íarfaig, prototonic form of íarmi·foich, i.e. íarmi- + fo- + ·saig (seek out), from Proto-Celtic *eɸirom + *uɸo- + *sagyeti (to seek), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi + *upo + *seh₂g- (to seek).

Pronunciation

Verb

fiafraigh (present analytic fiafraíonn, future analytic fiafróidh, verbal noun fiafraí, past participle fiafraithe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) ask, inquire
    • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
      Chonnaic sé cailín ag nigheachán i sruthán le cois an bhealaigh mhóir ⁊ chuir sé an tiománach síos ag fiafraighe di a’ bpósfadh sí é. [] Chuaidh an rí é féin síos annsin ⁊ d’fhiafraigh dhi a’ bpósfadh sí é. [] Bhí sagart ar an altóir ⁊ d’fhiafruigh sé an robh an duine annsin a dhéanfadh Aifrionn a fhritheóladh.
      He saw a girl washing in a stream by the roadside, and he sent his driver down to ask her if she would marry him. The king himself then went down, and asked her would she marry him. There was a priest on the altar, and he asked if there was anybody there to serve Mass.

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fiafraigh fhiafraigh bhfiafraigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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