fuaigh

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish úaigid, from Proto-Celtic *ɸougeti, from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (to prick).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

fuaigh (present analytic fuann, future analytic fuafaidh, verbal noun fuáil, past participle fuaite)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) sew, stitch (join by sewing)

Conjugation[edit]

Related terms[edit]

  • uaim (to join together)

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fuaigh fhuaigh bhfuaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 77
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 117
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 168, page 63

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