conlaigh
Irish
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editVerb
editconlaigh (present analytic conlaíonn, future analytic conlóidh, verbal noun conlú, past participle conlaithe)
- (transitive) to scrape together, scrape up (gather something needed)
- (intransitive) to shrink into oneself [with chuig and reflexive pronoun]
- Chonlaigh mé chugam (féin). ― I shrank into myself.
Conjugation
editconjugation of conlaigh (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Alternative verbal nouns: conlach, conlacht
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
conlaigh | chonlaigh | gconlaigh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ “conlaigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 226, page 114
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “connlaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “connluighim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “conlaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN