muirnigh

Irish

Etymology 1

From muirneach (“tender, beloved”) +‎ -igh.

Verb

muirnigh (present analytic muirníonn, future analytic muirneoidh, verbal noun muirniú, past participle muirnithe)

to caress, fondle
to cherish (treat affectionately)
to cuddle

Conjugation

Conjugation of *muirnigh* (second conjugation)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	muirním	muirníonn tú; muirnír^†	muirníonn sé, sí	muirnímid; muirníonn muid	muirníonn sibh	muirníonn siad; muirníd^†	a mhuirníonn; a mhuirníos	muirnítear
past	mhuirnigh mé; mhuirníos	mhuirnigh tú; mhuirnís	mhuirnigh sé, sí	mhuirníomar; mhuirnigh muid	mhuirnigh sibh; mhuirníobhair	mhuirnigh siad; mhuirníodar	a mhuirnigh	muirníodh
past habitual	mhuirnínn / muirnínn^‡	mhuirníteá / muirníteá^‡	mhuirníodh sé, sí / muirníodh sé, sí^‡	mhuirnímis; mhuirníodh muid / muirnímis^‡; muirníodh muid^‡	mhuirníodh sibh / muirníodh sibh^‡	mhuirnídís; mhuirníodh / muirnídís^‡; muirníodh siad^‡	a mhuirníodh	mhuirnítí / muirnítí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	muirneoidh mé; muirneod; muirneochaidh mé^†	muirneoidh tú; muirneoir^†; muirneochaidh tú^†	muirneoidh sé, sí; muirneochaidh sé, sí^†	muirneoimid; muirneoidh muid; muirneochaimid^†; muirneochaidh muid^†	muirneoidh sibh; muirneochaidh sibh^†	muirneoidh siad; muirneoid^†; muirneochaidh siad^†	a mhuirneoidh; a mhuirneos; a mhuirneochaidh^†; a mhuirneochas^†	muirneofar; muirneochar^†
conditional	mhuirneoinn; mhuirneochainn^† / muirneoinn^‡; muirneochainn^†^‡	mhuirneofá; mhuirneochthá^† / muirneofá^‡; muirneochthá^†^‡	mhuirneodh sé, sí; mhuirneochadh sé, sí^† / muirneodh sé, sí^‡; muirneochadh sé, sí^†^‡	mhuirneoimis; mhuirneodh muid; mhuirneochaimis^†; mhuirneochadh muid^† / muirneoimis^‡; muirneodh muid^‡; muirneochaimis^†^‡; muirneochadh muid^†^‡	mhuirneodh sibh; mhuirneochadh sibh^† / muirneodh sibh^‡; muirneochadh sibh^†^‡	mhuirneoidís; mhuirneodh siad; mhuirneochaidís^†; mhuirneochadh siad^† / muirneoidís^‡; muirneodh siad^‡; muirneochaidís^†^‡; muirneochadh siad^†^‡	a mhuirneodh; a mhuirneochadh^†	mhuirneofaí; mhuirneochthaí^† / muirneofaí^‡; muirneochthaí^†^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go muirní mé; go muirníod^†	go muirní tú; go muirnír^†	go muirní sé, sí	go muirnímid; go muirní muid	go muirní sibh	go muirní siad; go muirníd^†	—	go muirnítear
past	dá muirnínn	dá muirníteá	dá muirníodh sé, sí	dá muirnímis; dá muirníodh muid	dá muirníodh sibh	dá muirnídís; dá muirníodh siad	—	dá muirnítí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	muirním	muirnigh	muirníodh sé, sí	muirnímis	muirnígí; muirnídh^†	muirnídís	—	muirnítear

past participle	muirnithe

verbal noun	muirniú

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Related terms

muirnín

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

muirnigh

inflection of muirneach:
1. masculine vocative/genitive singular
2. (archaic, dialectal) feminine dative singular

Mutation

Mutated forms of *muirnigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
muirnigh	mhuirnigh	not applicable

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