cuardaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish cúartaigid (to go around, make a circuit of), from Old Irish cúairt (circuit, circle) (whence modern cuairt).[2]

Pronunciation

Verb

cuardaigh (present analytic cuardaíonn, future analytic cuardóigh, verbal noun cuardach, past participle cuardaithe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to search
    Chuardaíomar an teach.We searched the house.
  2. (transitive) to look for, search for, seek
    A bhéil tú ag cuardach oibre?Are you looking for work?
  3. (ditransitive) to search for
    Cuardaíodh an baile dóibh ach ní raibh gar ann.
    The town was searched for them but it was in vain.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Yola: coardhed

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuardaigh
radical lenition eclipsis
cuardaigh chuardaigh gcuardaigh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ cuardaigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cúartaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Hamilton, John Noel (1974) A Phonetic Study of the Irish of Tory Island, Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 3), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University Belfast, page 264

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