dearbhaigh

Irish

Etymology

From dearbh + -igh.

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲfʲə/[1] (as if spelled deirfigh)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲaɾˠəwi/

Verb

dearbhaigh (present analytic dearbhaíonn, future analytic dearbhóidh, verbal noun dearbhú, past participle dearbhaithe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) affirm, declare
    Synonym: deimhnigh
  2. (transitive, intransitive, law) affirm
    Synonyms: daingnigh, dearbhasc, fógair
  3. (transitive) assert
    Synonym: deimhnigh
  4. (transitive) confirm
    Synonym: deimhnigh
  5. (transitive, government, politics) confirm, ratify
    Synonyms: daingnigh, deimhnigh
  6. (transitive) determine

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dearbhaigh dhearbhaigh ndearbhaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 77.

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