idirghuí

Irish

Alternative forms

  • eadarghuí
  • eadarghuidhe, eadarghuighe, eidirghuidhe, idiorghuidhe, idirghuidhe (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish etarguide.[2] By surface analysis, idir- +‎ guí.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɪdʲərʲˈɣiː/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɪdʲərʲˌɣiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈad̪ˠəɾˠˌɣiə/[3] (corresponding to the form eadarghuidhe)

Noun

idirghuí f (genitive singular idirghuí, nominative plural idirghuíonna)

  1. (religion) intercession (prayer to God on behalf of another person), supplication

Declension

Declension of idirghuí (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative idirghuí idirghuíonna
vocative a idirghuí a idirghuíonna
genitive idirghuí idirghuíonna
dative idirghuí idirghuíonna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an idirghuí na hidirghuíonna
genitive na hidirghuí na n-idirghuíonna
dative leis an idirghuí
don idirghuí 		leis na hidirghuíonna

Derived terms

  • idirghuítheoir

Mutation

Mutated forms of idirghuí
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
idirghuí n-idirghuí hidirghuí not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ “idirghuí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “etarguide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 82, page 34

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