earcaigh

Irish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare earcach (“recruit”, noun).

Verb

earcaigh (present analytic earcaíonn, future analytic earcóidh, verbal noun earcú, past participle earcaithe)

(ambitransitive) recruit
Synonym: liostáil

Conjugation

Conjugation of *earcaigh* (second conjugation)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	earcaím	earcaíonn tú; earcaír^†	earcaíonn sé, sí	earcaímid; earcaíonn muid	earcaíonn sibh	earcaíonn siad; earcaíd^†	a earcaíonn; a earcaíos	earcaítear
past	d'earcaigh mé; d'earcaíos / earcaigh mé^‡; earcaíos^‡	d'earcaigh tú; d'earcaís / earcaigh tú^‡; earcaís^‡	d'earcaigh sé, sí / earcaigh sé, sí^‡	d'earcaíomar; d'earcaigh muid / earcaíomar^‡; earcaigh muid^‡	d'earcaigh sibh; d'earcaíobhair / earcaigh sibh^‡; earcaíobhair^‡	d'earcaigh siad; d'earcaíodar / earcaigh siad^‡; earcaíodar^‡	a d'earcaigh	earcaíodh; hearcaíodh^†
past habitual	d'earcaínn / earcaínn^‡	d'earcaíteá / earcaíteá^‡	d'earcaíodh sé, sí / earcaíodh sé, sí^‡	d'earcaímis; d'earcaíodh muid / earcaímis^‡; earcaíodh muid^‡	d'earcaíodh sibh / earcaíodh sibh^‡	d'earcaídís; d'earcaíodh / earcaídís^‡; earcaíodh siad^‡	a d'earcaíodh	d'earcaítí / earcaítí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	earcóidh mé; earcód; earcóchaidh mé^†	earcóidh tú; earcóir^†; earcóchaidh tú^†	earcóidh sé, sí; earcóchaidh sé, sí^†	earcóimid; earcóidh muid; earcóchaimid^†; earcóchaidh muid^†	earcóidh sibh; earcóchaidh sibh^†	earcóidh siad; earcóid^†; earcóchaidh siad^†	a earcóidh; a earcós; a earcóchaidh^†; a earcóchas^†	earcófar; earcóchar^†
conditional	d'earcóinn; d'earcóchainn^† / earcóinn^‡; earcóchainn^†^‡	d'earcófá; d'earcóchthá^† / earcófá^‡; earcóchthá^†^‡	d'earcódh sé, sí; d'earcóchadh sé, sí^† / earcódh sé, sí^‡; earcóchadh sé, sí^†^‡	d'earcóimis; d'earcódh muid; d'earcóchaimis^†; d'earcóchadh muid^† / earcóimis^‡; earcódh muid^‡; earcóchaimis^†^‡; earcóchadh muid^†^‡	d'earcódh sibh; d'earcóchadh sibh^† / earcódh sibh^‡; earcóchadh sibh^†^‡	d'earcóidís; d'earcódh siad; d'earcóchaidís^†; d'earcóchadh siad^† / earcóidís^‡; earcódh siad^‡; earcóchaidís^†^‡; earcóchadh siad^†^‡	a d'earcódh; a d'earcóchadh^†	d'earcófaí; d'earcóchthaí^† / earcófaí^‡; earcóchthaí^†^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go n-earcaí mé; go n-earcaíod^†	go n-earcaí tú; go n-earcaír^†	go n-earcaí sé, sí	go n-earcaímid; go n-earcaí muid	go n-earcaí sibh	go n-earcaí siad; go n-earcaíd^†	—	go n-earcaítear
past	dá n-earcaínn	dá n-earcaíteá	dá n-earcaíodh sé, sí	dá n-earcaímis; dá n-earcaíodh muid	dá n-earcaíodh sibh	dá n-earcaídís; dá n-earcaíodh siad	—	dá n-earcaítí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	earcaím	earcaigh	earcaíodh sé, sí	earcaímis	earcaígí; earcaídh^†	earcaídís	—	earcaítear

past participle	earcaithe

verbal noun	earcú

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Derived terms

earcaíocht f (“(act of) recruiting; recruitment”)

Etymology 2

Noun

earcaigh m

inflection of earcach (“recruit”):
1. vocative/genitive singular
2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of *earcaigh*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
earcaigh	n-earcaigh	hearcaigh	not applicable

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