cigil
Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈcɪɟɪlʲ/
Verb
cigil (present analytic ciglíonn, future analytic cigleoidh, verbal noun cigilt, past participle cigilte)
- to tickle
Conjugation
conjugation of cigil (second conjugation)
| verbal noun | cigilt | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | cigilte | |||||||
| tense | singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| indicative | ||||||||
| present | ciglím | ciglíonn tú; ciglír† |
ciglíonn sé, sí | ciglímid; ciglíonn muid |
ciglíonn sibh | ciglíonn siad; ciglíd† |
a chiglíonn; a chiglíos / a gciglíonn* |
ciglítear |
| past | chigil mé; chiglíos | chigil tú; chiglís | chigil sé, sí | chiglíomar; chigil muid | chigil sibh; chiglíobhair | chigil siad; chiglíodar | a chigil / ar chigil* |
ciglíodh |
| past habitual | chiglínn / gciglínn‡‡ | chiglíteá / gciglíteᇇ | chiglíodh sé, sí / gciglíodh sé, s퇇 | chiglímis; chiglíodh muid / gciglímis‡‡; gciglíodh muid‡‡ | chiglíodh sibh / gciglíodh sibh‡‡ | chiglídís; chiglíodh siad / gciglídís‡‡; gciglíodh siad‡‡ | a chiglíodh / a gciglíodh* |
chiglítí / gciglít퇇 |
| future | cigleoidh mé; cigleod; cigleochaidh mé† |
cigleoidh tú; cigleoir†; cigleochaidh tú† |
cigleoidh sé, sí; cigleochaidh sé, sí† |
cigleoimid; cigleoidh muid; cigleochaimid†; cigleochaidh muid† |
cigleoidh sibh; cigleochaidh sibh† |
cigleoidh siad; cigleoid†; cigleochaidh siad† |
a chigleoidh; a chigleos; a chigleochaidh†; a chigleochas† / a gcigleoidh*; a gcigleochaidh*† |
cigleofar; cigleochar† |
| conditional | chigleoinn; chigleochainn† / gcigleoinn‡‡; gcigleochainn†‡‡ | chigleofá; chigleochthᆠ/ gcigleofᇇ; gcigleochthᆇ‡ | chigleodh sé, sí; chigleochadh sé, sí† / gcigleodh sé, s퇇; gcigleochadh sé, s톇‡ | chigleoimis; chigleodh muid; chigleochaimis†; chigleochadh muid† / gcigleoimis‡‡; gcigleodh muid‡‡; gcigleochaimis†‡‡; gcigleochadh muid†‡‡ | chigleodh sibh; chigleochadh sibh† / gcigleodh sibh‡‡; gcigleochadh sibh†‡‡ | chigleoidís; chigleodh siad; chigleochadh siad† / gcigleoidís‡‡; gcigleodh siad‡‡; gcigleochadh siad†‡‡ | a chigleodh; a chigleochadh† / a gcigleodh*; a gcigleochadh*† |
chigleofaí; chigleochthaí† / gcigleofa퇇; gcigleochtha톇‡ |
| subjunctive | ||||||||
| present | go gciglí mé; go gciglíod† |
go gciglí tú; go gciglír† |
go gciglí sé, sí | go gciglímid; go gciglí muid |
go gciglí sibh | go gciglí siad; go gciglíd† |
— | go gciglítear |
| past | dá gciglínn | dá gciglíteá | dá gciglíodh sé, sí | dá gciglímis; dá gciglíodh muid |
dá gciglíodh sibh | dá gciglídís; dá gciglíodh siad |
— | dá gciglítí |
| imperative | ||||||||
| – | ciglím | cigil | ciglíodh sé, sí | ciglímis | ciglígí; ciglídh† |
ciglídís | — | ciglítear |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
- Alternative verbal noun: ciglis
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| cigil | chigil | gcigil |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- “cigil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gigil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cigilim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 137
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gigilim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 361
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cigil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN