guigh

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish guidid, from Proto-Celtic *gʷedyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰédʰyeti (“to request, pray, ask for”).

Pronunciation

Verb

guigh (present analytic guíonn, future analytic guífidh, verbal noun guí, past participle guite)

  1. to pray

Conjugation

conjugation of guigh (first conjugation – C)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present guím guíonn tú;
guír† 		guíonn sé, sí guímid guíonn sibh guíonn siad;
guíd† 		a ghuíonn; a ghuíos /
a nguíonn*; a nguíos* 		guitear
past ghuigh mé; ghuíos ghuigh tú;
ghuís 		ghuigh sé, sí ghuíomar; ghuigh muid ghuigh sibh; ghuíobhair ghuigh siad; ghuíodar a ghuigh /
ar ghuigh* 		guíodh
past habitual ghuínn / nguínn‡‡ ghuiteá / nguiteᇇ ghuíodh sé, sí / nguíodh sé, s퇇 ghuimis; ghuíodh muid / nguimis‡‡; nguíodh muid‡‡ ghuíodh sibh / nguíodh sibh‡‡ ghuidís; ghuíodh siad / nguidís‡‡; nguíodh siad‡‡ a ghuíodh /
a nguíodh* 		ghuití / nguit퇇
future guífidh mé;
guífead 		guífidh tú;
guífir† 		guífidh sé, sí guífimid;
guífidh muid 		guífidh sibh guífidh siad;
guífid† 		a ghuífidh; a ghuífeas /
a nguífidh*; a nguífeas* 		guífear
conditional ghuífinn / nguífinn‡‡ ghuífeá / nguífeᇇ ghuífeadh sé, sí / nguífeadh sé, s퇇 ghuífimis; ghuífeadh muid / nguífimis‡‡; nguífeadh muid‡‡ ghuífeadh sibh / nguífeadh sibh‡‡ ghuífidís; ghuífeadh siad / nguífidís‡‡; nguífeadh siad‡‡ a ghuífeadh /
a nguífeadh* 		ghuífí / nguíf퇇
subjunctive present go nguí mé;
go nguíod† 		go nguí tú;
go nguír† 		go nguí sé, sí go nguímid;
go nguí muid 		go nguí sibh go nguí siad;
go nguíd† 		— go nguitear
past dá nguínn dá nguiteá dá nguíodh sé, sí dá nguimis;
dá nguíodh muid 		dá nguíodh sibh dá nguidís;
dá nguíodh siad 		— dá nguití
imperative guím guigh guíodh sé, sí guímis guígí;
guídh† 		guídís — guitear
verbal noun guí
past participle guite

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
guigh ghuigh nguigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “guiḋim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 387
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 124
  3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 547
  4. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 180

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