guigh

Irish

Alternative forms

• guidh (superseded)

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/ (as if spelled guibh)
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡiː/

Verb

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

1. to pray

Conjugation

conjugation of guigh (first conjugation – C)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
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 / nguiteᇇ	ghuíodh sé, sí / nguíodh sé, s퇇	ghuimis; ghuíodh muid / nguimis‡‡; nguíodh muid‡‡	ghuíodh sibh / nguíodh sibh‡‡	ghuidís; ghuíodh siad / nguidís‡‡; nguíodh siad‡‡	a ghuíodh / a nguíodh*	ghuití / nguit퇇
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 / nguífeᇇ	ghuífeadh sé, sí / nguífeadh sé, s퇇	ghuífimis; ghuífeadh muid / nguífimis‡‡; nguífeadh muid‡‡	ghuífeadh sibh / nguífeadh sibh‡‡	ghuífidís; ghuífeadh siad / nguífidís‡‡; nguífeadh siad‡‡	a ghuífeadh / a nguífeadh*	ghuífí / nguíf퇇
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
	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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “guigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN