pacáil

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Irish

Etymology

paca +‎ -áil

Pronunciation

Verb

pacáil (present analytic pacálann, future analytic pacálfaidh, verbal noun pacáil, past participle pacáilte)

  1. to pack (put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport), to box (place inside a box)

Conjugation

conjugation of pacáil (first conjugation – B)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present pacálaim pacálann tú;
pacálair† 		pacálann sé, sí pacálaimid pacálann sibh pacálann siad;
pacálaid† 		a phacálann; a phacálas /
a bpacálann* 		pacáiltear
past phacáil mé; phacálas phacáil tú; phacálais phacáil sé, sí phacálamar; phacáil muid phacáil sibh; phacálabhair phacáil siad; phacáladar a phacáil /
ar phacáil* 		pacáladh
past habitual phacálainn / bpacálainn‡‡ phacáilteá / bpacáilteᇇ phacáladh sé, sí / bpacáladh sé, s퇇 phacálaimis; phacáladh muid / bpacálaimis‡‡; bpacáladh muid‡‡ phacáladh sibh / bpacáladh sibh‡‡ phacálaidís; phacáladh siad / bpacálaidís‡‡; bpacáladh siad‡‡ a phacáladh /
a bpacáladh* 		phacáiltí / bpacáilt퇇
future pacálfaidh mé;
pacálfad 		pacálfaidh tú;
pacálfair† 		pacálfaidh sé, sí pacálfaimid;
pacálfaidh muid 		pacálfaidh sibh pacálfaidh siad;
pacálfaid† 		a phacálfaidh; a phacálfas /
a bpacálfaidh* 		pacálfar
conditional phacálfainn / bpacálfainn‡‡ phacálfá / bpacálfᇇ phacálfadh sé, sí / bpacálfadh sé, s퇇 phacálfaimis; phacálfadh muid / bpacálfaimis‡‡; bpacálfadh muid‡‡ phacálfadh sibh / bpacálfadh sibh‡‡ phacálfaidís; phacálfadh siad / bpacálfaidís‡‡; bpacálfadh siad‡‡ a phacálfadh /
a bpacálfadh* 		phacálfaí / bpacálfa퇇
subjunctive present go bpacála mé;
go bpacálad† 		go bpacála tú;
go bpacálair† 		go bpacála sé, sí go bpacálaimid;
go bpacála muid 		go bpacála sibh go bpacála siad;
go bpacálaid† 		— go bpacáiltear
past dá bpacálainn dá bpacáilteá dá bpacáladh sé, sí dá bpacálaimis;
dá bpacáladh muid 		dá bpacáladh sibh dá bpacálaidís;
dá bpacáladh siad 		— dá bpacáiltí
imperative pacálaim pacáil pacáladh sé, sí pacálaimis pacálaigí;
pacálaidh† 		pacálaidís — pacáiltear
verbal noun pacáil
past participle pacáilte

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

Noun

pacáil m (genitive singular pacála)

  1. verbal noun of pacáil
  2. packing, packaging

Declension

Declension of pacáil (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative pacáil
vocative a phacáil
genitive pacála
dative pacáil
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an pacáil
genitive an phacála
dative leis an bpacáil
don phacáil

Mutation

Mutated forms of pacáil
radical lenition eclipsis
pacáil phacáil bpacáil

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

References

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