suaitheadh

Irish

Alternative forms

• suathadh

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠuəhuː/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish súathad. By surface analysis, suaith +‎ -eadh.

Noun

suaitheadh m (genitive singular suaite)

1. verbal noun of suaith
2. agitation, disturbance, upset

   suaitheadh intinne ― mental disturbance, mental confusion

3. confusion, turmoil
4. shock (something confusing; sudden mental or emotional disturbance)
5. subversion
6. lurch, shake

Declension

Declension of suaitheadh

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative suaitheadh Vocative a shuaitheadh Genitive suaite Dative suaitheadh

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an suaitheadh Genitive an tsuaite Dative leis an suaitheadh don suaitheadh

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

suaitheadh

1. inflection of suaith:
   1. autonomous past indicative
   2. analytic past habitual dependent
   3. analytic past subjunctive
   4. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
suaitheadh	shuaitheadh after an, tsuaitheadh	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suaitheadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN