súgradh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish súgrad (“act of playing; diversion, sport, mirth”), possibly related to súcach (“merry, cheerful, pleasant”) and subae (“joy, pleasure, happiness, merriment”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): [ˈsˠuːɡɾˠə]
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈsˠuːɡɾˠu]

Noun

súgradh m (genitive singular súgartha, uncountable)

1. (act of) playing, sporting; amusement, fun
2. flirting

Usage notes

Effectively a verbal noun of a verb that has no finite or participial forms.

Declension

Declension of súgradh (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative súgradh vocative a shúgradh genitive súgartha dative súgradh forms with the definite article singular nominative an súgradh genitive an tsúgartha dative leis an súgradh don súgradh

Synonyms

• imirt

Derived terms

• cnáimhín súgartha (“wish-bone”)
• seomra súgartha (“playroom”)

Related terms

• súgrach (“playful, sportive”, adjective)
• súgracht f (“playfulness, sportiveness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of súgradh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
súgradh	shúgradh after an, tsúgradh	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “súgradh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súgrad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language