cigil

Irish

Alternative forms

gigil^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈciɟɪlʲ/

Verb

cigil (present analytic ciglíonn, future analytic cigleoidh, verbal noun cigilt, past participle cigilte)

to tickle

Conjugation

Conjugation of *cigil* (second conjugation)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	ciglím	ciglíonn tú; ciglír^†	ciglíonn sé, sí	ciglímid; ciglíonn muid	ciglíonn sibh	ciglíonn siad; ciglíd^†	a chiglíonn; a chiglíos	ciglítear
past	chigil mé; chiglíos	chigil tú; chiglís	chigil sé, sí	chiglíomar; chigil muid	chigil sibh; chiglíobhair	chigil siad; chiglíodar	a chigil	ciglíodh
past habitual	chiglínn / ciglínn^‡	chiglíteá / ciglíteá^‡	chiglíodh sé, sí / ciglíodh sé, sí^‡	chiglímis; chiglíodh muid / ciglímis^‡; ciglíodh muid^‡	chiglíodh sibh / ciglíodh sibh^‡	chiglídís; chiglíodh / ciglídís^‡; ciglíodh siad^‡	a chiglíodh	chiglítí / ciglítí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	cigleoidh mé; cigleod; cigleochaidh mé^†	cigleoidh tú; cigleoir^†; cigleochaidh tú^†	cigleoidh sé, sí; cigleochaidh sé, sí^†	cigleoimid; cigleoidh muid; cigleochaimid^†; cigleochaidh muid^†	cigleoidh sibh; cigleochaidh sibh^†	cigleoidh siad; cigleoid^†; cigleochaidh siad^†	a chigleoidh; a chigleos; a chigleochaidh^†; a chigleochas^†	cigleofar; cigleochar^†
conditional	chigleoinn; chigleochainn^† / cigleoinn^‡; cigleochainn^†^‡	chigleofá; chigleochthá^† / cigleofá^‡; cigleochthá^†^‡	chigleodh sé, sí; chigleochadh sé, sí^† / cigleodh sé, sí^‡; cigleochadh sé, sí^†^‡	chigleoimis; chigleodh muid; chigleochaimis^†; chigleochadh muid^† / cigleoimis^‡; cigleodh muid^‡; cigleochaimis^†^‡; cigleochadh muid^†^‡	chigleodh sibh; chigleochadh sibh^† / cigleodh sibh^‡; cigleochadh sibh^†^‡	chigleoidís; chigleodh siad; chigleochaidís^†; chigleochadh siad^† / cigleoidís^‡; cigleodh siad^‡; cigleochaidís^†^‡; cigleochadh siad^†^‡	a chigleodh; a chigleochadh^†	chigleofaí; chigleochthaí^† / cigleofaí^‡; cigleochthaí^†^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go gciglí mé; go gciglíod^†	go gciglí tú; go gciglír^†	go gciglí sé, sí	go gciglímid; go gciglí muid	go gciglí sibh	go gciglí siad; go gciglíd^†	—	go gciglítear
past	dá gciglínn	dá gciglíteá	dá gciglíodh sé, sí	dá gciglímis; dá gciglíodh muid	dá gciglíodh sibh	dá gciglídís; dá gciglíodh siad	—	dá gciglítí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	ciglím	cigil	ciglíodh sé, sí	ciglímis	ciglígí; ciglídh^†	ciglídís	—	ciglítear

past participle	cigilte

verbal noun	cigilt

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Alternative verbal noun: ciglis

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cigil*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
cigil	chigil	gcigil

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

References

^ “cigil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy