dúirt

See also: duirt

Irish

Alternative forms

• adubhairt (obsolete)
• dubhairt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish dubart, from Old Irish as·rubart, perfect of as·beir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠuːɾʲtʲ/

Verb

dúirt

1. past analytic of abair (“say”)

Usage notes

Like all d-initial forms of abair, this term is immune to lenition and does not undergo eclipsis after the interrogative particle an. Like many irregular verbs, this past-tense form takes the preverbal particles normally associated with non-past tenses (ní, an, go, etc., rather than níor, ar, gur).