dearbhaigh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish derbaid (to certify, prove)[1] or derbaigid (to confirm, verify).[2] By surface analysis, dearbh +‎ -igh.

Pronunciation

Verb

dearbhaigh (present analytic dearbhaíonn, future analytic dearbhóidh, verbal noun dearbhú, past participle dearbhaithe)

  1. (ambitransitive) to affirm, declare
  2. (ambitransitive, law) to affirm
  3. (transitive) to assert
  4. (transitive) to confirm
  5. (transitive, government, politics) to confirm, ratify
  6. (transitive) to determine

Conjugation

Synonyms

  1. (affirm, declare; assert; confirm; ratify): deimhnigh
    ((law) affirm; ratify): daingnigh, dearbhasc, fógair

Mutation

Mutated forms of dearbhaigh
radical lenition eclipsis
dearbhaigh dhearbhaigh ndearbhaigh

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “derbaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “derbaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 77
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 138, page 54

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