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There are only eleven[1] irregular verbs in Modern Irish: abair, beir, bí, clois, déan, ith, faigh, feic, tabhair, tar, téigh.

  • One verb () has a distinct indicative present independent stem ()
  • One verb () has a distinct indicative present dependent stem (fuil).
  • One verb () has a distinct indicative present habitual (bíonn).
  • Six verbs (abair, bí, déan, faigh, feic, téigh) have distinct indicative past dependent stems, which all take non-preterite preverbal particles ( instead of níor etc.).
  • Three verbs (abair, deir, tabhair) are broadened in the indicative future and conditional.
  • One verb (faigh) has a dictinct independent form in the indicative future and conditional.
  • Six verbs (bí, clois, faigh, feic, tar, téigh) have past autonomous -thas. The stem is broadened where necessary. All except faigh are lenitied (e.g., bhíothas, but fuarthas).
  • Two verbs (abair, téigh) have distinct verbal noun stems (rá, dul).
  • Summary of irregular stems
    1. abair, deir, dúr (dúirt), déar, rá
    2. beir, rug, béar, breith
    3. , tá, fuil, rabh, bei, bhei, bheith
    4. clois, chuala
    5. déan, rinne, dearna
    6. faigh, fuair, gheobh (gheobhaidh)
    7. feic, chonaic, fac
    8. ith, íos-
    9. tabhair, tug, tabhar
    10. tar, tag, tháng (tháinig), tioc, teacht
    11. téigh, té, chua (chuaigh), deach (deachaigh), rach (rachaidh), dul

Irregular declension table[edit]

This table highlights all the irregular stems of the eleven irregular Irish verbs.

oods and tenses [2] abair [3] beir clois déan faigh feic ith tabhair tar téigh
Indicative present indep deir [4] tug tag [5]
dep fuil [6] [7]
pres habitual deir tug tag
past indep dúr [8] rug chuala rinne fuair [9] chonaic [9] thug tháng [10] chua [11]
dep [12] ní dúr ní rabh [13] ní dhearna ní bhfuair [14] ní fhaca ní dheach
past habitual
future indep déar béar bei gheobh [15] [16] íos tabhar tioc rach [16]
dep faigh [16][17]
Conditional indep déar béar bei [18] gheobh [16] íos tabhar tioc rach [16]
dep faigh [16][17]
Subjunctive present deir rabh tug tag [19]
past deir bei tug tag
Imperative [20]
Verbal noun [21] breith bheith cloisteáil déanamh fáil [22] feiceáil ithe tabhairt teacht dul
Past participle ráite breithe cloiste déanta fáilte feicthe ite tugtha tagtha dulta

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ There are 22 entries in Category:Irish irregular verbs as at 20-Mar-2018, including alternative forms and compounds
  2. ^ Tenses are named and listed as per Wiktionary conjugation templates
  3. ^ The d- forms are immune to lenition, they were previously adeir, adúirt
  4. ^ The analytic form is deir, that is, deir does not take an -eann suffix
  5. ^ Téann is a contraction of téigh + eann > téann
  6. ^ Negative níl is a contraction of ní fhuil
  7. ^ Interrogative an bhfuil tends to be pronounced an fhuil
  8. ^ The analytic form is dúirt
  9. 9.0 9.1 Only in the autonomous is the stem broadened with -thas
  10. ^ The analytic form is tháinig (slender, unlenited g)
  11. ^ The analytic form is chuaigh (slender)
  12. ^ Quoted with the negative particle to highlight initial mutations
  13. ^ For compound forms, the stem is broadened to rabh-, e.g., rabhthas
  14. ^ Eclipsis rather than lenition
  15. ^ The stem is inherently lenitied
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 No f in declension suffix, e.g., gheobhaidh
  17. 17.0 17.1 Eclipsis with ní
  18. ^ The analytic form is bheadh
  19. ^ Contraction of téigh + e > té
  20. ^ All imperatives are identical to the radical
  21. ^ The verbal nouns and adjectives (past participles) are given for all verbs
  22. ^ faigh + áil > fáil

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