ordaigh

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ord(d)aigid(ir) (orders, ordains, institutes; appoints (to an office); assigns, allots (something to someone); orders, commands), from ord(d) (order, sequence; arrangement, state, way, course, procedure; degree, rank; dignity, honour; functions, duty, task; rule, regulation, ordinance, institution; ritual, office; clerical ordination, holy orders), a learned loan-word from Latin ōrdō.

Verb

ordaigh (present analytic ordaíonn, future analytic ordóidh, verbal noun ordú, past participle ordaithe)

  1. (transitive) order
    1. command, prescribe
    2. ask to be supplied
    3. ordain
    4. recommend
    5. (literary) put in order
      Proverb: D'ordaigh Dia cúnamh.God helps those who help themselves.
  2. (transitive, literary) institute, found

Conjugation

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Mutation

Mutated forms of ordaigh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ordaigh n-ordaigh hordaigh not applicable

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

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