purgóid

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish purgóit, from Latin pūrgātiō.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

purgóid f (genitive singular purgóide, nominative plural purgóidí)

  1. laxative, purgative

Declension

Declension of purgóid (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative purgóid purgóidí
vocative a phurgóid a phurgóidí
genitive purgóide purgóidí
dative purgóid purgóidí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an phurgóid na purgóidí
genitive na purgóide na bpurgóidí
dative leis an bpurgóid
don phurgóid 		leis na purgóidí

Mutation

Mutated forms of purgóid
radical lenition eclipsis
purgóid phurgóid bpurgóid

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

References

  1. ^ “purgóid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “purgóit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 431, page 119
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 138, page 53

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