fuaigh

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish úaigid, from Old Irish *óigid, compare con·óigi (to sew). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (to prick).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Verb

fuaigh (present analytic fuann, future analytic fuafaidh, verbal noun fuáil, past participle fuaite)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) sew, stitch (join by sewing)

Conjugation

  • uaim (to join together)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fuaigh fhuaigh bhfuaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 77
  2. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96) “3 úag-”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume T U, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page U-3
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 117
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 168, page 63

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