fiafraigh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish fíarfaigid, íarfaigid, from Old Irish ·íarfaig, prototonic form of íarmi·foich, i.e. íarmi- + fo- + ·saig (seek out), from Proto-Celtic *eɸirom + *uɸo- + *sagyeti (to seek), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi + *upo + *seh₂g- (to seek).

Pronunciation

  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiəɾˠə/ (as if spelled fiathraigh)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiəfˠɾˠi/

Verb

fiafraigh (present analytic fiafraíonn, future analytic fiafróidh, verbal noun fiafraí, past participle fiafraithe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) ask, inquire
    • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
      Chonnaic sé cailín ag nigheachán i sruthán le cois an bhealaigh mhóir ⁊ chuir sé an tiománach síos ag fiafraighe di a’ bpósfadh sí é. [] Chuaidh an rí é féin síos annsin ⁊ d’fhiafraigh dhi a’ bpósfadh sí é. [] Bhí sagart ar an altóir ⁊ d’fhiafruigh sé an robh an duine annsin a dhéanfadh Aifrionn a fhritheóladh.
      He saw a girl washing in a stream by the roadside, and he sent his driver down to ask her if she would marry him. [] The king himself then went down, and asked her would she marry him. [] There was a priest on the altar, and he asked if there was anybody there to serve Mass.

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fiafraigh fhiafraigh bhfiafraigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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