oibrigh

Irish

Etymology

From obair (work, noun) +‎ -igh.

Pronunciation

Verb

oibrigh (present analytic oibríonn, future analytic oibreoidh, verbal noun oibriú, past participle oibrithe)

  1. (ambitransitive) to work
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 3:
      dūŕc mē leš, mārəx gə n-aibŕīx šē, n̄ax ń-īkń̥ ē.
      [Dúirt mé leis murach go n-oibríodh sé, nach n-íocfainn é.]
      I told him if he didn’t work, I wouldn’t pay him.

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of oibrigh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
oibrigh n-oibrigh hoibrigh not applicable

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

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