suirghe

Irish

Noun

suirghe f (genitive singular suirghe)

1. Alternative form of suirí (“(act of) wooing, courting; courtship”)

Declension

Declension of suirghe (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative suirghe vocative a shuirghe genitive suirghe dative suirghe forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tsuirghe genitive na suirghe dative leis an tsuirghe don tsuirghe

Mutation

Mutated forms of suirghe

radical	lenition	eclipsis
suirghe	shuirghe after an, tsuirghe	not applicable

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

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish suirge (“wooing, courting, love-making”), from so + rige.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɯɾʲɯjə/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): [ˈs̪ɨɾʲɨj]

Noun

suirghe f

1. courting, courtship, or romance

Mutation

Mutation of suirghe

radical	lenition
suirghe	shuirghe after "an", t-suirghe

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “suirghe”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “suirge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language