súigh

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See also: suigh and sùigh

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish súigid, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sewg-. Cognate with English suck and Latin sugo.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

súigh (present analytic súnn, future analytic súfaidh, verbal noun , past participle súite)

  1. (transitive) absorb, suck
  2. (transitive, chemistry) occlude

Conjugation[edit]

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Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
súigh shúigh
after an, tsúigh
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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