fuirigh

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish fuirgid, from Old Irish fo·rig.[1]

Verb

fuirigh (present analytic fuiríonn, future analytic fuireoidh, verbal noun fuireach, past participle fuirithe)

  1. to wait , tarry, delay
  2. watch
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fuirigh

  1. vocative/genitive singular of fuireach

Mutation

Mutated forms of fuirigh
radical lenition eclipsis
fuirigh fhuirigh bhfuirigh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fo-rig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language