asúigh

Irish

Etymology

From ath- +‎ súigh. Calque of French adsorber.

Verb

asúigh (present analytic asúnn, future analytic asúfaidh, verbal noun asú, past participle asúite)

  1. (transitive, physical chemistry, physics) to adsorb (to accumulate on a surface, by adsorption)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of asúigh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
asúigh n-asúigh hasúigh 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) “asúigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • asúigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025