pósadh
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See also: pòsadh
Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Irish pósad m (“the act of marrying or espousing, marriage”), verbal noun of pósaid (“marries”). By surface analysis, pós + -adh (verbal noun ending).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pósadh m (genitive singular pósta, nominative plural póstaí)
- verbal noun of pós (“marry”)
- (state, ceremony of) marriage
Declension
[edit]Declension of pósadh
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈpˠoːsˠəɡ/
- (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈpˠoːsˠəvˠ/
- (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈpˠoːsˠuː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈpˠɔːsˠu/
Verb
[edit]pósadh
- past indicative autonomous of pós (“marry”)
Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈpˠoːsˠəx/
- (Galway) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈpˠoːsˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈpˠoːsˠəx/
- (Mayo) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈpˠoːsˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈpˠoːsˠuː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈpˠɔːsˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈpˠɔːsˠu/
Verb
[edit]pósadh
- inflection of pós (“marry”):
- past subjunctive analytic
- third-person singular imperative
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
pósadh | phósadh | bpósadh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pósadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pósad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pósadh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “pósadh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024