croscheistigh

Irish

Etymology

From cros- (“cross-”) +‎ ceistigh (“question”).

Verb

croscheistigh (present analytic croscheistíonn, future analytic croscheisteoidh, verbal noun croscheistiú, past participle croscheistithe)

(transitive) cross-question, cross-examine

Conjugation

Conjugation of *croscheistigh* (second conjugation)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	croscheistím	croscheistíonn tú; croscheistír^†	croscheistíonn sé, sí	croscheistímid; croscheistíonn muid	croscheistíonn sibh	croscheistíonn siad; croscheistíd^†	a chroscheistíonn; a chroscheistíos	croscheistítear
past	chroscheistigh mé; chroscheistíos	chroscheistigh tú; chroscheistís	chroscheistigh sé, sí	chroscheistíomar; chroscheistigh muid	chroscheistigh sibh; chroscheistíobhair	chroscheistigh siad; chroscheistíodar	a chroscheistigh	croscheistíodh
past habitual	chroscheistínn / croscheistínn^‡	chroscheistíteá / croscheistíteá^‡	chroscheistíodh sé, sí / croscheistíodh sé, sí^‡	chroscheistímis; chroscheistíodh muid / croscheistímis^‡; croscheistíodh muid^‡	chroscheistíodh sibh / croscheistíodh sibh^‡	chroscheistídís; chroscheistíodh / croscheistídís^‡; croscheistíodh siad^‡	a chroscheistíodh	chroscheistítí / croscheistítí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	croscheisteoidh mé; croscheisteod; croscheisteochaidh mé^†	croscheisteoidh tú; croscheisteoir^†; croscheisteochaidh tú^†	croscheisteoidh sé, sí; croscheisteochaidh sé, sí^†	croscheisteoimid; croscheisteoidh muid; croscheisteochaimid^†; croscheisteochaidh muid^†	croscheisteoidh sibh; croscheisteochaidh sibh^†	croscheisteoidh siad; croscheisteoid^†; croscheisteochaidh siad^†	a chroscheisteoidh; a chroscheisteos; a chroscheisteochaidh^†; a chroscheisteochas^†	croscheisteofar; croscheisteochar^†
conditional	chroscheisteoinn; chroscheisteochainn^† / croscheisteoinn^‡; croscheisteochainn^†^‡	chroscheisteofá; chroscheisteochthá^† / croscheisteofá^‡; croscheisteochthá^†^‡	chroscheisteodh sé, sí; chroscheisteochadh sé, sí^† / croscheisteodh sé, sí^‡; croscheisteochadh sé, sí^†^‡	chroscheisteoimis; chroscheisteodh muid; chroscheisteochaimis^†; chroscheisteochadh muid^† / croscheisteoimis^‡; croscheisteodh muid^‡; croscheisteochaimis^†^‡; croscheisteochadh muid^†^‡	chroscheisteodh sibh; chroscheisteochadh sibh^† / croscheisteodh sibh^‡; croscheisteochadh sibh^†^‡	chroscheisteoidís; chroscheisteodh siad; chroscheisteochaidís^†; chroscheisteochadh siad^† / croscheisteoidís^‡; croscheisteodh siad^‡; croscheisteochaidís^†^‡; croscheisteochadh siad^†^‡	a chroscheisteodh; a chroscheisteochadh^†	chroscheisteofaí; chroscheisteochthaí^† / croscheisteofaí^‡; croscheisteochthaí^†^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go gcroscheistí mé; go gcroscheistíod^†	go gcroscheistí tú; go gcroscheistír^†	go gcroscheistí sé, sí	go gcroscheistímid; go gcroscheistí muid	go gcroscheistí sibh	go gcroscheistí siad; go gcroscheistíd^†	—	go gcroscheistítear
past	dá gcroscheistínn	dá gcroscheistíteá	dá gcroscheistíodh sé, sí	dá gcroscheistímis; dá gcroscheistíodh muid	dá gcroscheistíodh sibh	dá gcroscheistídís; dá gcroscheistíodh siad	—	dá gcroscheistítí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	croscheistím	croscheistigh	croscheistíodh sé, sí	croscheistímis	croscheistígí; croscheistídh^†	croscheistídís	—	croscheistítear

past participle	croscheistithe

verbal noun	croscheistiú

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Related terms

croscheist f (“cross-question”)
croscheisteoir m (“cross-examiner”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *croscheistigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
croscheistigh	chroscheistigh	gcroscheistigh

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

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “croscheistigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN