éalaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish élaid,[2] from the prototonic form of Old Irish as·luí.[3]

Pronunciation

  • (Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈial̪ˠɪɟ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈeːlˠə/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈeːlˠiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈeːlˠi/

Verb

éalaigh (present analytic éalaíonn, future analytic éalóidh, verbal noun éalú, past participle éalaithe)

  1. to steal away, go away quietly

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • éalaigh le chéile (to elope)

Mutation

Mutated forms of éalaigh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éalaigh n-éalaigh héalaigh not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ éalaigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “as·luí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “élaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading