guigh

Irish

Alternative forms

guidh (superseded)^[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish guidid,^[2] from Proto-Celtic *gʷedyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰédʰyeti (“to request, pray, ask for”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡɪɟ/^[3]
(Galway) IPA^(key): /ɡivʲ/^[4]^[5]^[6] (as if spelled guibh)
(Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡiː/^[7]

Verb

guigh (present analytic guíonn, future analytic guífidh, verbal noun guí, past participle guite)

to pray

Conjugation

conjugation of guigh (first conjugation – C)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	guí
past participle	guite
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	guím	guíonn tú; guír^†	guíonn sé, sí	guímid	guíonn sibh	guíonn siad; guíd^†	a ghuíonn; a ghuíos / a nguíonn*	guitear
past	ghuigh mé; ghuíos	ghuigh tú; ghuís	ghuigh sé, sí	ghuíomar; ghuigh muid	ghuigh sibh; ghuíobhair	ghuigh siad; ghuíodar	a ghuigh / ar ghuigh*	guíodh
past habitual	ghuínn / nguínn‡‡	ghuiteá / nguiteá‡‡	ghuíodh sé, sí / nguíodh sé, sí‡‡	ghuimis; ghuíodh muid / nguimis‡‡; nguíodh muid‡‡	ghuíodh sibh / nguíodh sibh‡‡	ghuidís; ghuíodh siad / nguidís‡‡; nguíodh siad‡‡	a ghuíodh / a nguíodh*	ghuití / nguití‡‡
future	guífidh mé; guífead	guífidh tú; guífir^†	guífidh sé, sí	guífimid; guífidh muid	guífidh sibh	guífidh siad; guífid^†	a ghuífidh; a ghuífeas / a nguífidh*	guífear
conditional	ghuífinn / nguífinn‡‡	ghuífeá / nguífeá‡‡	ghuífeadh sé, sí / nguífeadh sé, sí‡‡	ghuífimis; ghuífeadh muid / nguífimis‡‡; nguífeadh muid‡‡	ghuífeadh sibh / nguífeadh sibh‡‡	ghuífidís; ghuífeadh siad / nguífidís‡‡; nguífeadh siad‡‡	a ghuífeadh / a nguífeadh*	ghuífí / nguífí‡‡
subjunctive
present	go nguí mé; go nguíod^†	go nguí tú; go nguír^†	go nguí sé, sí	go nguímid; go nguí muid	go nguí sibh	go nguí siad; go nguíd^†	—	go nguitear
past	dá nguínn	dá nguiteá	dá nguíodh sé, sí	dá nguimis; dá nguíodh muid	dá nguíodh sibh	dá nguidís; dá nguíodh siad	—	dá nguití
imperative
–	guím	guigh	guíodh sé, sí	guímis	guígí; guídh^†	guídís	—	guitear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Alternative verbal nouns: guíochtain, guíochtaint

Mutation

Mutated forms of *guigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
guigh	ghuigh	nguigh

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

References

^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “guiḋim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 387
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “guidid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 514, page 255
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 124
^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 547, page 102
^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], 180 fn. 3, page 77
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 425, page 137