coirtigh
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish coirtigid, coirtid (“tans; cures”, verb), from coirt (“bark”). By surface analysis, coirt (“bark”) + -igh (verbal suffix).
Verb
coirtigh (present analytic coirtíonn, future analytic coirteoidh, verbal noun coirtiú, past participle coirtithe) (transitive)
- to decorticate
- to tan
- to coat, encrust
Conjugation
conjugation of coirtigh (second conjugation)
| verbal noun | coirtiú | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | coirtithe | |||||||
| tense | singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| indicative | ||||||||
| present | coirtím | coirtíonn tú; coirtír† |
coirtíonn sé, sí | coirtímid; coirtíonn muid |
coirtíonn sibh | coirtíonn siad; coirtíd† |
a choirtíonn; a choirtíos / a gcoirtíonn* |
coirtítear |
| past | choirtigh mé; choirtíos | choirtigh tú; choirtís | choirtigh sé, sí | choirtíomar; choirtigh muid | choirtigh sibh; choirtíobhair | choirtigh siad; choirtíodar | a choirtigh / ar choirtigh* |
coirtíodh |
| past habitual | choirtínn / gcoirtínn‡‡ | choirtíteá / gcoirtíteᇇ | choirtíodh sé, sí / gcoirtíodh sé, s퇇 | choirtímis; choirtíodh muid / gcoirtímis‡‡; gcoirtíodh muid‡‡ | choirtíodh sibh / gcoirtíodh sibh‡‡ | choirtídís; choirtíodh siad / gcoirtídís‡‡; gcoirtíodh siad‡‡ | a choirtíodh / a gcoirtíodh* |
choirtítí / gcoirtít퇇 |
| future | coirteoidh mé; coirteod; coirteochaidh mé† |
coirteoidh tú; coirteoir†; coirteochaidh tú† |
coirteoidh sé, sí; coirteochaidh sé, sí† |
coirteoimid; coirteoidh muid; coirteochaimid†; coirteochaidh muid† |
coirteoidh sibh; coirteochaidh sibh† |
coirteoidh siad; coirteoid†; coirteochaidh siad† |
a choirteoidh; a choirteos; a choirteochaidh†; a choirteochas† / a gcoirteoidh*; a gcoirteochaidh*† |
coirteofar; coirteochar† |
| conditional | choirteoinn; choirteochainn† / gcoirteoinn‡‡; gcoirteochainn†‡‡ | choirteofá; choirteochthᆠ/ gcoirteofᇇ; gcoirteochthᆇ‡ | choirteodh sé, sí; choirteochadh sé, sí† / gcoirteodh sé, s퇇; gcoirteochadh sé, s톇‡ | choirteoimis; choirteodh muid; choirteochaimis†; choirteochadh muid† / gcoirteoimis‡‡; gcoirteodh muid‡‡; gcoirteochaimis†‡‡; gcoirteochadh muid†‡‡ | choirteodh sibh; choirteochadh sibh† / gcoirteodh sibh‡‡; gcoirteochadh sibh†‡‡ | choirteoidís; choirteodh siad; choirteochadh siad† / gcoirteoidís‡‡; gcoirteodh siad‡‡; gcoirteochadh siad†‡‡ | a choirteodh; a choirteochadh† / a gcoirteodh*; a gcoirteochadh*† |
choirteofaí; choirteochthaí† / gcoirteofa퇇; gcoirteochtha톇‡ |
| subjunctive | ||||||||
| present | go gcoirtí mé; go gcoirtíod† |
go gcoirtí tú; go gcoirtír† |
go gcoirtí sé, sí | go gcoirtímid; go gcoirtí muid |
go gcoirtí sibh | go gcoirtí siad; go gcoirtíd† |
— | go gcoirtítear |
| past | dá gcoirtínn | dá gcoirtíteá | dá gcoirtíodh sé, sí | dá gcoirtímis; dá gcoirtíodh muid |
dá gcoirtíodh sibh | dá gcoirtídís; dá gcoirtíodh siad |
— | dá gcoirtítí |
| imperative | ||||||||
| – | coirtím | coirtigh | coirtíodh sé, sí | coirtímis | coirtígí; coirtídh† |
coirtídís | — | coirtítear |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Alternative forms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
coirtigh
- inflection of coirteach (“barky, cortical; encrusted, coated; furred, scaled”):
- vocative/genitive singular masculine
- (archaic) dative singular feminine
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| coirtigh | choirtigh | gcoirtigh |
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) “coirtigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coirt(ig)id”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language