dúirt

See also: duirt

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish dubart, from Old Irish as·rubart, perfect of as·beir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪ˠuːɾˠtʲ/[1][2]
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /d̪ˠuːɾʲtʲ/[3]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠuːɾˠsˠə/[4] (dúirt sé (“he said”))

Verb

dúirt

  1. analytic past indicative of abair (“say”)

Usage notes

Like many irregular verbs, this past-tense form takes the preverbal particles normally associated with non-past tenses (ní, an, go, etc., rather than níor, ar, gur).

Mutation

Mutated forms of dúirt
radical lenition eclipsis
dúirt not applicable ndúirt

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 300, page 152
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 407, page 134
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 78
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 489, page 155
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