idirghuí

Irish

Alternative forms
  • eadarghuí
  • eadarghuidhe, eadarghuighe, eidirghuidhe, idiorghuidhe, idirghuidhe (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish etarguide.[2] By surface analysis, idir- +‎ guí.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɪdʲərʲˈɣiː/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɪdʲərʲˌɣiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈad̪ˠəɾˠˌɣiə/[3] (corresponding to the form eadarghuí)

Noun

idirghuí f (genitive singular idirghuí, nominative plural idirghuíonna)

  1. (religion) intercession (prayer to God on behalf of another person), supplication

Declension
Declension of idirghuí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative idirghuí idirghuíonna
Vocative a idirghuí a idirghuíonna
Genitive idirghuí idirghuíonna
Dative idirghuí idirghuíonna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an idirghuí na hidirghuíonna
Genitive na hidirghuí na n-idirghuíonna
Dative leis an idirghuí

don idirghuí

 leis na hidirghuíonna

Derived terms
  • idirghuítheoir

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
idirghuí n-idirghuí hidirghuí not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. “idirghuí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “etarguide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34

Further reading
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