aoirigh

Irish

Etymology

From aoire (shepherd, noun) +‎ -igh (verbal suffix).

Verb

aoirigh (present analytic aoiríonn, future analytic aoireoidh, verbal noun aoireacht, past participle aoirithe)

  1. (transitive) to shepherd, herd

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of aoirigh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aoirigh n-aoirigh haoirigh not applicable

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aoirigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • shepherd”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025