súigh

See also: suigh and sùigh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish súigid, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sewg-. Cognate with English suck and Latin sugo.

Pronunciation

Verb

súigh (present analytic súnn, future analytic súfaidh, verbal noun , past participle súite)

  1. (transitive) to absorb, suck
  2. (transitive, chemistry) to occlude

Conjugation

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of súigh
radical lenition eclipsis
súigh shúigh
after an, tsúigh
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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