neartaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

neartuigh (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish nertaigid,^[1] replacing Old Irish nertaid.^[2] By surface analysis, neart +‎ -igh.

Verb

neartaigh (present analytic neartaíonn, future analytic neartóidh, verbal noun neartú, past participle neartaithe)

to strengthen, confirm, fortify, build up, nerve
to grow stronger, intensify, consolidate

Conjugation

Conjugation of *neartaigh* (second conjugation)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	neartaím	neartaíonn tú; neartaír^†	neartaíonn sé, sí	neartaímid; neartaíonn muid	neartaíonn sibh	neartaíonn siad; neartaíd^†	a neartaíonn; a neartaíos	neartaítear
past	neartaigh mé; neartaíos	neartaigh tú; neartaís	neartaigh sé, sí	neartaíomar; neartaigh muid	neartaigh sibh; neartaíobhair	neartaigh siad; neartaíodar	a neartaigh	neartaíodh
past habitual	neartaínn	neartaíteá	neartaíodh sé, sí	neartaímis; neartaíodh muid	neartaíodh sibh	neartaídís; neartaíodh	a neartaíodh	neartaítí

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	neartóidh mé; neartód; neartóchaidh mé^†	neartóidh tú; neartóir^†; neartóchaidh tú^†	neartóidh sé, sí; neartóchaidh sé, sí^†	neartóimid; neartóidh muid; neartóchaimid^†; neartóchaidh muid^†	neartóidh sibh; neartóchaidh sibh^†	neartóidh siad; neartóid^†; neartóchaidh siad^†	a neartóidh; a neartós; a neartóchaidh^†; a neartóchas^†	neartófar; neartóchar^†
conditional	neartóinn; neartóchainn^†	neartófá; neartóchthá^†	neartódh sé, sí; neartóchadh sé, sí^†	neartóimis; neartódh muid; neartóchaimis^†; neartóchadh muid^†	neartódh sibh; neartóchadh sibh^†	neartóidís; neartódh siad; neartóchaidís^†; neartóchadh siad^†	a neartódh; a neartóchadh^†	neartófaí; neartóchthaí^†

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go neartaí mé; go neartaíod^†	go neartaí tú; go neartaír^†	go neartaí sé, sí	go neartaímid; go neartaí muid	go neartaí sibh	go neartaí siad; go neartaíd^†	—	go neartaítear
past	dá neartaínn	dá neartaíteá	dá neartaíodh sé, sí	dá neartaímis; dá neartaíodh muid	dá neartaíodh sibh	dá neartaídís; dá neartaíodh siad	—	dá neartaítí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	neartaím	neartaigh	neartaíodh sé, sí	neartaímis	neartaígí; neartaídh^†	neartaídís	—	neartaítear

past participle	neartaithe

verbal noun	neartú

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Derived terms

athneartaigh
díneartaigh
neartaigh le (“to corroborate, reinforce, support, abet”)

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “nertaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 nertaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language