oibleagáid

Irish

FWOTD – 23 March 2021

Alternative forms

• oibliogáid (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obligātiō.

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈəibˠləɡədʲ/ (as if spelled oibleagaid)

Noun

oibleagáid f (genitive singular oibleagáide, nominative plural oibleagáidí)

1. obligation

   Tá sé d’oibleagáid orm é a dhéanamh.

   I am obliged to do it.

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 3:

     tā mē fȳ wōrān aibləgəȷ ʒic.

     [Tá mé faoi mhórán oibleagáid dhuit.]

     I am much obliged to you.

     (literally, “I am under a great obligation to you.”)

2. regards, greetings
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 3:

     tōŕ m aibləgəȷ gə də wāhŕ̥!

     [Tabhair m’oibleagáid do do mháthair!]

     Give my regards to your mother.

3. favor (instance of voluntarily assisting someone)
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 3:

     ȷīnī n aibləgəȷ, ə ȷ iər mē, agəs bai mē ān wīx.

     [Déanaidh an oibleagáid a d’iarr mé agus beidh mé an-bhuíoch.]

     Do the favor I asked and I will be very grateful.

Declension

Declension of oibleagáid (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative oibleagáid oibleagáidí vocative a oibleagáid a oibleagáidí genitive oibleagáide oibleagáidí dative oibleagáid oibleagáidí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an oibleagáid na hoibleagáidí genitive na hoibleagáide na n-oibleagáidí dative leis an oibleagáid don oibleagáid leis na hoibleagáidí

Mutation

Mutated forms of oibleagáid

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oibleagáid	n-oibleagáid	hoibleagáid	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

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “oibliogáid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 526
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oibleagáid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “oibleagáid”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “oibleagáid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024