suirí

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish suirge (“wooing, courting, love-making”), from so + rige.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠɪˈɾʲiː/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈsˠɪɾʲiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠɪɾʲi/

Noun

suirí f (genitive singular suirí)

  1. (act of) wooing, courting; courtship
    Synonym: cúirtéireacht
  2. sexual intercourse, lovemaking

Declension

Declension of suirí (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative suirí
vocative a shuirí
genitive suirí
dative suirí
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an tsuirí
genitive na suirí
dative leis an tsuirí
don tsuirí

Derived terms

  • éan suirí (“lovebird”)
  • páiste suirí (“bastard, love child”)
  • plaicín suirí (“hickey”)
  • séad suirí (“love-token”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of suirí
radical lenition eclipsis
suirí shuirí
after an, tsuirí 		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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