suirghe
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Irish
[edit]Noun
[edit]suirghe f (genitive singular suirghe)
- Alternative form of suirí (“(act of) wooing, courting; courtship”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of suirghe
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
suirghe | shuirghe after an, tsuirghe |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suirí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish suirge (“wooing, courting, love-making”), from so + rige.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]suirghe f
Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
suirghe | shuirghe after "an", t-suirghe |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- 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