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pós
pós
Irish
Verb
pós (present analytic pósann, future analytic pósfaidh, verbal noun pósadh, past participle pósta)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | present | pósaim | pósann tú; pósair† |
pósann sé, sí | pósaimid | pósann sibh | pósann siad; pósaid† |
a phósann; a phósas / a bpósann*; a bpósas* |
póstar |
past | phós mé; phósas | phós tú; phósais | phós sé, sí | phósamar; phós muid | phós sibh; phósabhair | phós siad; phósadar | a phós / ar phós* |
pósadh | |
past habitual | phósainn | phóstá | phósadh sé, sí | phósaimis; phósadh muid | phósadh sibh | phósaidís; phósadh siad | a phósadh / ar phósadh* |
phóstaí | |
future | pósfaidh mé; pósfad |
pósfaidh tú; pósfair† |
pósfaidh sé, sí | pósfaimid; pósfaidh muid |
pósfaidh sibh | pósfaidh siad; pósfaid† |
a phósfaidh; a phósfas / a bpósfaidh*; a bpósfas* |
pósfar | |
conditional | phósfainn | phósfá | phósfadh sé, sí | phósfaimis; phósfadh muid | phósfadh sibh | phósfaidís; phósfadh siad | a phósfadh / ar phósfadh* |
phósfaí | |
subjunctive | present | go bpósa mé; go bpósad† |
go bpósa tú; go bpósair† |
go bpósa sé, sí | go bpósaimid; go bpósa muid |
go bpósa sibh | go bpósa siad; go bpósaid† |
— | go bpóstar |
past | dá bpósainn | dá bpóstá | dá bpósadh sé, sí | dá bpósaimis; dá bpósadh muid |
dá bpósadh sibh | dá bpósaidís; dá bpósadh siad |
— | dá bpóstaí | |
imperative | pósaim | pós | pósadh sé, sí | pósaimis | pósaigí; pósaidh† |
pósaidís | — | póstar | |
verbal noun | pósadh | ||||||||
past participle | pósta |
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Derived terms
- pós a chéile (“intermarry”) (marry a member of another group)
- pós a muintir féin (“intermarry”) (marry within the same group)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
pós | phós | bpós |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- “pósaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “pósaim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "pós" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Eneas Mackay, 1911