guigh

Irish

Alternative forms

guidh[1] (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish guidid, from Proto-Celtic *gʷedyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰédʰyeti (“to request, pray, ask for”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡɪɟ/
(Galway) IPA^(key): /ɡɪvʲ/[2][3][4] (as if spelled guibh)
(Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡiː/

Verb

guigh (present analytic guíonn, future analytic guífidh, verbal noun guí, past participle guite)

to pray

Conjugation

conjugation of guigh (first conjugation – C)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	guím	guíonn tú; guír^†	guíonn sé, sí	guímid	guíonn sibh	guíonn siad; guíd^†	a ghuíonn; a ghuíos / a nguíonn; a nguíos	guitear
	past	ghuigh mé; ghuíos	ghuigh tú; ghuís	ghuigh sé, sí	ghuíomar; ghuigh muid	ghuigh sibh; ghuíobhair	ghuigh siad; ghuíodar	a ghuigh / ar ghuigh*	guíodh
	past habitual	ghuínn / nguínn‡‡	ghuiteá / nguiteá‡‡	ghuíodh sé, sí / nguíodh sé, sí‡‡	ghuimis; ghuíodh muid / nguimis‡‡; nguíodh muid‡‡	ghuíodh sibh / nguíodh sibh‡‡	ghuidís; ghuíodh siad / nguidís‡‡; nguíodh siad‡‡	a ghuíodh / a nguíodh*	ghuití / nguití‡‡
future		guífidh mé; guífead	guífidh tú; guífir^†	guífidh sé, sí	guífimid; guífidh muid	guífidh sibh	guífidh siad; guífid^†	a ghuífidh; a ghuífeas / a nguífidh; a nguífeas	guífear
conditional		ghuífinn / nguífinn‡‡	ghuífeá / nguífeá‡‡	ghuífeadh sé, sí / nguífeadh sé, sí‡‡	ghuífimis; ghuífeadh muid / nguífimis‡‡; nguífeadh muid‡‡	ghuífeadh sibh / nguífeadh sibh‡‡	ghuífidís; ghuífeadh siad / nguífidís‡‡; nguífeadh siad‡‡	a ghuífeadh / a nguífeadh*	ghuífí / nguífí‡‡
subjunctive	present	go nguí mé; go nguíod^†	go nguí tú; go nguír^†	go nguí sé, sí	go nguímid; go nguí muid	go nguí sibh	go nguí siad; go nguíd^†	—	go nguitear
subjunctive	past	dá nguínn	dá nguiteá	dá nguíodh sé, sí	dá nguimis; dá nguíodh muid	dá nguíodh sibh	dá nguidís; dá nguíodh siad	—	dá nguití
imperative		guím	guigh	guíodh sé, sí	guímis	guígí; guídh^†	guídís	—	guitear
verbal noun		guí
past participle		guite

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Alternative verbal nouns: guíochtain, guíochtaint

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
guigh	ghuigh	nguigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “guiḋim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 387
Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 124
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 547
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 180