urghair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ar·gair. By surface analysis, ur- +‎ gair.

Verb

urghair (present analytic urghaireann, future analytic urghairfidh, verbal noun urghaire, past participle urghairthe)

1. (transitive, literary) prohibit, prevent, check
2. (transitive, ecclesiastical) interdict

Conjugation

conjugation of urghair (first conjugation – A)

verbal noun	urghaire
past participle	urghairthe
tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative
present	urghairim	urghaireann tú; urghairir†	urghaireann sé, sí	urghairimid	urghaireann sibh	urghaireann siad; urghairid†	a urghaireann; a urghaireas / a n-urghaireann*	urghairtear
past	d'urghair mé; d'urghaireas / urghair mé‡; urghaireas‡	d'urghair tú; d'urghairis / urghair tú; urghairis‡	d'urghair sé, sí / urghair sé, sí‡	d'urghaireamar; d'urghair muid / urghaireamar; urghair muid‡	d'urghair sibh; d'urghaireabhair / urghair sibh; urghaireabhair‡	d'urghair siad; d'urghaireadar / urghair siad; urghaireadar‡	a d'urghair / ar urghair*	urghaireadh; hurghaireadh†
past habitual	d'urghairinn / urghairinn‡; n-urghairinn‡‡	d'urghairteá / urghairteá‡; n-urghairteᇇ	d'urghaireadh sé, sí / urghaireadh sé, sí‡; n-urghaireadh sé, s퇇	d'urghairimis; d'urghaireadh muid / urghairimis; urghaireadh muid‡; n-urghairimis‡‡; n-urghaireadh muid‡‡	d'urghaireadh sibh / urghaireadh sibh‡; n-urghaireadh sibh‡‡	d'urghairidís; d'urghaireadh siad / urghairidís; urghaireadh siad‡; n-urghairidís‡‡; n-urghaireadh siad‡‡	a d'urghaireadh / a n-urghaireadh*	d'urghairtí / urghairtí‡; n-urghairt퇇
future	urghairfidh mé; urghairfead	urghairfidh tú; urghairfir†	urghairfidh sé, sí	urghairfimid; urghairfidh muid	urghairfidh sibh	urghairfidh siad; urghairfid†	a urghairfidh; a urghairfeas / a n-urghairfidh*	urghairfear
conditional	d'urghairfinn / urghairfinn‡; n-urghairfinn‡‡	d'urghairfeá / urghairfeá‡; n-urghairfeᇇ	d'urghairfeadh sé, sí / urghairfeadh sé, sí‡; n-urghairfeadh sé, s퇇	d'urghairfimis; d'urghairfeadh muid / urghairfimis‡; urghairfeadh muid‡; n-urghairfimis‡‡; n-urghairfeadh muid‡‡	d'urghairfeadh sibh / urghairfeadh sibh‡; n-urghairfeadh sibh‡‡	d'urghairfidís; d'urghairfeadh siad / urghairfidís‡; urghairfeadh siad‡; n-urghairfidís‡‡; n-urghairfeadh siad‡‡	a d'urghairfeadh / a n-urghairfeadh*	d'urghairfí / urghairfí‡; n-urghairf퇇
subjunctive
present	go n-urghaire mé; go n-urghairead†	go n-urghaire tú; go n-urghairir†	go n-urghaire sé, sí	go n-urghairimid; go n-urghaire muid	go n-urghaire sibh	go n-urghaire siad; go n-urghairid†	—	go n-urghairtear
past	dá n-urghairinn	dá n-urghairteá	dá n-urghaireadh sé, sí	dá n-urghairimis; dá n-urghaireadh muid	dá n-urghaireadh sibh	dá n-urghairidís; dá n-urghaireadh siad	—	dá n-urghairtí
imperative
–	urghairim	urghair	urghaireadh sé, sí	urghairimis	urghairigí; urghairidh†	urghairidís	—	urghairtear

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of urghair

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
urghair	n-urghair	hurghair	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) “urghair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN