-igh
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See also: 'igh
Irish
Alternative forms
- -aigh (broad version)
Etymology
From Old Irish -igidir (whence also Scottish Gaelic -ich), originally a denominative verb formative, from Proto-Celtic *-sagyetor; compare Welsh -hau.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɪɟ/ (post-consonantal)
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɟ/ (post-vocalic)
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /iː/ (post-consonantal)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /i/ (post-consonantal)
- (Ulster, Connacht) IPA(key): /j/ (post-vocalic)
Suffix
-igh
- Suffix used to form verbs from nouns; semi-productive in modern Irish.
Usage notes
- Affixed verbs ending in -igh form a sizeable number of second-conjugation verbs. Many monosyllabic verbs in Irish (which historically are not from affixes), however, are of the first conjugation.
Derived terms
See also
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *seh₂g-
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish suffixes
- Irish verb-forming suffixes