Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish fíarfaigid, íarfaigid, from Old Irish ·íarfaig, prototonic form of íarmi·foich,[1] 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

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Verb

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

  1. (transitive, intransitive) ask, inquire

Conjugation

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Quotations

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  • 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.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of fiafraigh
radical lenition eclipsis
fiafraigh fhiafraigh bhfiafraigh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íarmi·foich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 276
  3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 358, page 74, line 58
  4. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 395, page 80
  5. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 358, page 74, line 58
  6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 180, page 69

Further reading

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