suaith

Irish

Alternative forms

  • suaidh, suath

Etymology

From Middle Irish súaithid.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

suaith (present analytic suaitheann, future analytic suaithfidh, verbal noun suaitheadh, past participle suaite) (ambitransitive)

  1. to mix, stir
  2. to toss (salad)
  3. to shuffle (cards)
    Synonym: boscáil
  4. to knead, massage
  5. to agitate, disturb, unsettle
  6. to convulse (be beset by political or social upheaval)
  7. to subvert (upturn convention by undermining it)

Conjugation

  • Alternative verbal noun: suaithneáil f

Mutation

Mutated forms of suaith
radical lenition eclipsis
suaith shuaith
after an, tsuaith
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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súaithid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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