oibleagáid

Irish

Alternative forms

• oibliogáid (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obligātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈəibˠləɡədʲ/

Noun

oibleagáid f (genitive singular oibleagáide, nominative plural oibleagáidí)

1. obligation

   Tá sé d’oibleagáid orm é a dhéanamh.

   I am obliged to do it.

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 3:

     tā mē fȳ wōrān aibləgəȷ ʒic.

     conventional orthography:

     Tá mé faoi mhórán oibleagáid dhuit.

     I am much obliged to you.

2. regards, greetings
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 3:

     tōŕ m aibləgəȷ gə də wāhŕ̥!

     conventional orthography:

     Tabhair m’oibleagáid do do mháthair!

     Give my regards to your mother.

3. favor (instance of voluntarily assisting someone)
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 3:

     ȷīnī n aibləgəȷ, ə ȷ iər mē, agəs bai mē ān wīx.

     conventional orthography:

     Déanaidh an oibleagáid a d’iarr mé agus beidh mé an-bhuíoch.

     Do the favor I asked and I will be very grateful.

Declension

Declension of oibleagáid

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative oibleagáid oibleagáidí Vocative a oibleagáid a oibleagáidí Genitive oibleagáide oibleagáidí Dative oibleagáid oibleagáidí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an oibleagáid na hoibleagáidí Genitive na hoibleagáide na n-oibleagáidí Dative leis an oibleagáid don oibleagáid leis na hoibleagáidí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oibleagáid	n-oibleagáid	hoibleagáid	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “obligáid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “oibliogáid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 526
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oibleagáid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “oibleagáid”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “oibleagáid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• “oibleagáid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy