fiafraigh
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Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish fíarfaigid, íarfaigid, from Old Irish ·íarfaig, prototonic form of íarmi·foich, i.e. íarmi- + fo- + ·saig (“seek out”), from Proto-Celtic *eɸirom + *uɸo- + *sagyeti (“to seek”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi + *upo + *seh₂g- (“to seek”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fiafraigh (present analytic fiafraíonn, future analytic fiafróidh, verbal noun fiafraí, past participle fiafraithe)
- (transitive, intransitive) ask, inquire
- 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
- Chonnaic sé cailín ag nigheachán i sruthán le cois an bhealaigh mhóir ⁊ chuir sé an tiománach síos ag fiafraighe di a’ bpósfadh sí é. […] Chuaidh an rí é féin síos annsin ⁊ d’fhiafraigh dhi a’ bpósfadh sí é. […] Bhí sagart ar an altóir ⁊ d’fhiafruigh sé an robh an duine annsin a dhéanfadh Aifrionn a fhritheóladh.
- He saw a girl washing in a stream by the roadside, and he sent his driver down to ask her if she would marry him. […] The king himself then went down, and asked her would she marry him. […] There was a priest on the altar, and he asked if there was anybody there to serve Mass.
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of fiafraigh (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fiafraigh | fhiafraigh | bhfiafraigh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íarmi·foich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fiafruiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 312
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiafraigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 69
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