daingnigh

Irish

FWOTD – 17 January 2025

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠaɲɟənʲɪɟ/
(Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠaŋnˠə/, /ˈd̪ˠaŋn̪ˠə/; /ˈd̪ˠæŋnˠə/, /ˈd̪ˠæŋn̪ˠə/

Verb

daingnigh (present analytic daingníonn, future analytic daingneoidh, verbal noun daingniú, past participle daingnithe)

to fortify, strengthen
to fasten
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 65:
  dȧŋnīm n̥ bād g n̥ filār.
  [Daingním an bád chuig an philéar.]
  I fasten the boat to the pillar.
to ratify, confirm
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:
  Do dhaingnigheadar an geall agus do fhágadar slán ag n-a chéile.
  They ratified the pledge and bade each other goodbye.

Conjugation

Conjugation of *daingnigh* (second conjugation)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	daingním	daingníonn tú; daingnír^†	daingníonn sé, sí	daingnímid; daingníonn muid	daingníonn sibh	daingníonn siad; daingníd^†	a dhaingníonn; a dhaingníos	daingnítear
past	dhaingnigh mé; dhaingníos	dhaingnigh tú; dhaingnís	dhaingnigh sé, sí	dhaingníomar; dhaingnigh muid	dhaingnigh sibh; dhaingníobhair	dhaingnigh siad; dhaingníodar	a dhaingnigh	daingníodh
past habitual	dhaingnínn / daingnínn^‡	dhaingníteá / daingníteá^‡	dhaingníodh sé, sí / daingníodh sé, sí^‡	dhaingnímis; dhaingníodh muid / daingnímis^‡; daingníodh muid^‡	dhaingníodh sibh / daingníodh sibh^‡	dhaingnídís; dhaingníodh / daingnídís^‡; daingníodh siad^‡	a dhaingníodh	dhaingnítí / daingnítí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	daingneoidh mé; daingneod; daingneochaidh mé^†	daingneoidh tú; daingneoir^†; daingneochaidh tú^†	daingneoidh sé, sí; daingneochaidh sé, sí^†	daingneoimid; daingneoidh muid; daingneochaimid^†; daingneochaidh muid^†	daingneoidh sibh; daingneochaidh sibh^†	daingneoidh siad; daingneoid^†; daingneochaidh siad^†	a dhaingneoidh; a dhaingneos; a dhaingneochaidh^†; a dhaingneochas^†	daingneofar; daingneochar^†
conditional	dhaingneoinn; dhaingneochainn^† / daingneoinn^‡; daingneochainn^†^‡	dhaingneofá; dhaingneochthá^† / daingneofá^‡; daingneochthá^†^‡	dhaingneodh sé, sí; dhaingneochadh sé, sí^† / daingneodh sé, sí^‡; daingneochadh sé, sí^†^‡	dhaingneoimis; dhaingneodh muid; dhaingneochaimis^†; dhaingneochadh muid^† / daingneoimis^‡; daingneodh muid^‡; daingneochaimis^†^‡; daingneochadh muid^†^‡	dhaingneodh sibh; dhaingneochadh sibh^† / daingneodh sibh^‡; daingneochadh sibh^†^‡	dhaingneoidís; dhaingneodh siad; dhaingneochaidís^†; dhaingneochadh siad^† / daingneoidís^‡; daingneodh siad^‡; daingneochaidís^†^‡; daingneochadh siad^†^‡	a dhaingneodh; a dhaingneochadh^†	dhaingneofaí; dhaingneochthaí^† / daingneofaí^‡; daingneochthaí^†^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go ndaingní mé; go ndaingníod^†	go ndaingní tú; go ndaingnír^†	go ndaingní sé, sí	go ndaingnímid; go ndaingní muid	go ndaingní sibh	go ndaingní siad; go ndaingníd^†	—	go ndaingnítear
past	dá ndaingnínn	dá ndaingníteá	dá ndaingníodh sé, sí	dá ndaingnímis; dá ndaingníodh muid	dá ndaingníodh sibh	dá ndaingnídís; dá ndaingníodh siad	—	dá ndaingnítí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	daingním	daingnigh	daingníodh sé, sí	daingnímis	daingnígí; daingnídh^†	daingnídís	—	daingnítear

past participle	daingnithe

verbal noun	daingniú

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Derived terms

daingnitheach (“fortifying; ratifying”, adjective)
daingnitheoir m (“stabilizer; steady”)
daingniúchán m (“fortification”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *daingnigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
daingnigh	dhaingnigh	ndaingnigh

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