sásaigh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish sásaigid, a suffixed form of Old Irish sásaid,[1] from Proto-Celtic *sāssāti.

Verb

sásaigh (present analytic sásaíonn, future analytic sásóidh, verbal noun sásamh, past participle sásaithe)

  1. (literary) to sate (hunger), quench (thirst)
  2. to satisfy, please

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of sásaigh
radical lenition eclipsis
sásaigh shásaigh
after an, tsásaigh
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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sásaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “sásuiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 949; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sásaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN