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suigh
suigh
Irish
Alternative forms
- suidh (obsolete)
Verb
suigh (present analytic suíonn, future analytic suífidh, verbal noun suí, past participle suite) (transitive, intransitive)
- sit
- set, let, rent
- seat; place, locate; settle, arrange; fix, establish
- (with ar) affirm against; persuade
Conjugation
First Conjugation (C)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | suím | suíonn tú; suír† |
suíonn sé, sí | suímid | suíonn sibh | suíonn siad; suíd† |
a shuíonn; a shuíos / a suíonn*; a suíos* |
suitear |
| past | shuigh mé; shuíos | shuigh tú; shuís |
shuigh sé, sí | shuíomar; shuigh muid | shuigh sibh; shuíobhair | shuigh siad; shuíodar | a shuigh / ar shuigh* |
suíodh | |
| past habitual | shuínn | shuiteá | shuíodh sé, sí | shuimis; shuíodh muid | shuíodh sibh | shuidís; shuíodh siad | a shuíodh / ar shuíodh* |
shuití | |
| future | suífidh mé; suífead |
suífidh tú; suífir† |
suífidh sé, sí | suífimid; suífidh muid |
suífidh sibh | suífidh siad; suífid† |
a shuífidh; a shuífeas / a suífidh*; a suífeas* |
suífear | |
| conditional | shuífinn | shuífeá | shuífeadh sé, sí | shuífimis; shuífeadh muid | shuífeadh sibh | shuífidís; shuífeadh siad | a shuífeadh / ar shuífeadh* |
shuífí | |
| subjunctive | present | go suí mé; go suíod† |
go suí tú; go suír† |
go suí sé, sí | go suímid; go suí muid |
go suí sibh | go suí siad; go suíd† |
— | go suitear |
| past | dá suínn | dá suiteá | dá suíodh sé, sí | dá suimis; dá suíodh muid |
dá suíodh sibh | dá suidís; dá suíodh siad |
— | dá suití | |
| imperative | suím | suigh | suíodh sé, sí | suímis | suígí; suídh† |
suídís | — | suitear | |
| verbal noun | suí | ||||||||
| past participle | suite | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Usage notes
The progressive aspect of this verb is formed not with ag + verbal noun, as usual in Irish, but with i + possessive determiner (agreeing with the subject) + verbal noun. For example:
- tá mé i mo shuí ― I am (currently) sitting (down)
- an bhfuil tú i do shuí? ― are you sg sitting (down)?
- bíonn sé ina shuí ― he is (habitually) sitting (down)
- bhíodh sí ina suí ― she used to be sitting (down)
- bhíomar inár suí ― we were sitting (down)
- beidh sibh in bhur suí ― you pl will be sitting (down)
- bheidís ina suí ― they would be sitting (down)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| suigh | shuigh after an, tsuigh |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "suigh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.