iaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

• iadh, iaidh

Etymology

From Old Irish íadaid, from Proto-Celtic *eɸidāti, a prefixed derivative of *dāti (“to give”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic iadh.

Verb

iaigh (present analytic iann, future analytic iafaidh, verbal noun iamh, past participle iata)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to close, shut

   Synonym: dún

   Bhí na súile ag iamh orm.

   I could not keep my eyes open.

   (literally, “The eyes were closing on me.”)

2. (transitive) to enclose, encompass
3. (transitive, intransitive) to block up, close up, dam
4. (transitive, intransitive) to join [with le ‘with’]
5. (transitive) to clench (close tightly) (one's fist)

Conjugation

conjugation of iaigh (first conjugation – C)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	iaim	iann tú; iair†	iann sé, sí	iaimid	iann sibh	iann siad; iaid†	a iann; a ias / a n-iann*	iaitear
	past	d'iaigh mé; d'ias / iaigh mé‡; ias‡	d'iaigh tú; d'iais / iaigh tú‡; iais‡	d'iaigh sé, sí / iaigh sé, sí‡	d'iamar; d'iaigh muid / iamar‡; iaigh muid‡	d'iaigh sibh; d'iabhair / iaigh sibh‡; iabhair‡	d'iaigh siad; d'iadar / iaigh siad‡; iadar‡	a d'iaigh / ar iaigh*	iadh; hiadh†
	past habitual	d'iainn / iainn‡; n-iainn‡‡	d'iaiteá / iaiteá‡; n-iaiteᇇ	d'iadh sé, sí / iadh sé, sí‡; n-iadh sé, s퇇	d'iaimis; d'iadh muid / iaimis; iadh muid‡; n-iaimis‡‡; n-iadh muid‡‡	d'iadh sibh / iadh sibh‡; n-iadh sibh‡‡	d'iaidís; d'iadh siad / iaidís; iadh siad‡; n-iaidís‡‡; n-iadh siad‡‡	a d'iadh / a n-iadh*	d'iaití / iaití‡; n-iait퇇
future		iafaidh mé; iafad	iafaidh tú; iafair†	iafaidh sé, sí	iafaimid; iafaidh muid	iafaidh sibh	iafaidh siad; iafaid†	a iafaidh; a iafas / a n-iafaidh*	iafar
conditional		d'iafainn / iafainn‡; n-iafainn‡‡	d'iafá / iafá‡; n-iafᇇ	d'iafadh sé, sí / iafadh sé, sí‡; n-iafadh sé, s퇇	d'iafaimis; d'iafadh muid / iafaimis‡; iafadh muid‡; n-iafaimis‡‡; n-iafadh muid‡‡	d'iafadh sibh / iafadh sibh‡; n-iafadh sibh‡‡	d'iafaidís; d'iafadh siad / iafaidís‡; iafadh siad‡; n-iafaidís‡‡; n-iafadh siad‡‡	a d'iafadh / a n-iafadh*	d'iafaí / iafaí‡; n-iafa퇇
subjunctive	present	go n-ia mé; go n-iad†	go n-ia tú; go n-iair†	go n-ia sé, sí	go n-iaimid; go n-ia muid	go n-ia sibh	go n-ia siad; go n-iaid†	—	go n-iaitear
	past	dá n-iainn	dá n-iaiteá	dá n-iadh sé, sí	dá n-iaimis; dá n-iadh muid	dá n-iadh sibh	dá n-iaidís; dá n-iadh siad	—	dá n-iaití
imperative		iaim	iaigh	iadh sé, sí	iaimis	iaigí; iaidh†	iaidís	—	iaitear
verbal noun		iamh
past participle		iata

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of iaigh

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iaigh	n-iaigh	hiaigh	not applicable

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

Further reading

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