pailnigh

Irish

Etymology

From pailin (“pollen”) +‎ -igh.

Verb

pailnigh (present analytic pailníonn, future analytic pailneoidh, verbal noun pailniú, past participle pailnithe)

(botany, transitive) to pollinate

Conjugation

Conjugation of *pailnigh* (second conjugation)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	pailním	pailníonn tú; pailnír^†	pailníonn sé, sí	pailnímid; pailníonn muid	pailníonn sibh	pailníonn siad; pailníd^†	a phailníonn; a phailníos	pailnítear
past	phailnigh mé; phailníos	phailnigh tú; phailnís	phailnigh sé, sí	phailníomar; phailnigh muid	phailnigh sibh; phailníobhair	phailnigh siad; phailníodar	a phailnigh	pailníodh
past habitual	phailnínn / pailnínn^‡	phailníteá / pailníteá^‡	phailníodh sé, sí / pailníodh sé, sí^‡	phailnímis; phailníodh muid / pailnímis^‡; pailníodh muid^‡	phailníodh sibh / pailníodh sibh^‡	phailnídís; phailníodh / pailnídís^‡; pailníodh siad^‡	a phailníodh	phailnítí / pailnítí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	pailneoidh mé; pailneod; pailneochaidh mé^†	pailneoidh tú; pailneoir^†; pailneochaidh tú^†	pailneoidh sé, sí; pailneochaidh sé, sí^†	pailneoimid; pailneoidh muid; pailneochaimid^†; pailneochaidh muid^†	pailneoidh sibh; pailneochaidh sibh^†	pailneoidh siad; pailneoid^†; pailneochaidh siad^†	a phailneoidh; a phailneos; a phailneochaidh^†; a phailneochas^†	pailneofar; pailneochar^†
conditional	phailneoinn; phailneochainn^† / pailneoinn^‡; pailneochainn^†^‡	phailneofá; phailneochthá^† / pailneofá^‡; pailneochthá^†^‡	phailneodh sé, sí; phailneochadh sé, sí^† / pailneodh sé, sí^‡; pailneochadh sé, sí^†^‡	phailneoimis; phailneodh muid; phailneochaimis^†; phailneochadh muid^† / pailneoimis^‡; pailneodh muid^‡; pailneochaimis^†^‡; pailneochadh muid^†^‡	phailneodh sibh; phailneochadh sibh^† / pailneodh sibh^‡; pailneochadh sibh^†^‡	phailneoidís; phailneodh siad; phailneochaidís^†; phailneochadh siad^† / pailneoidís^‡; pailneodh siad^‡; pailneochaidís^†^‡; pailneochadh siad^†^‡	a phailneodh; a phailneochadh^†	phailneofaí; phailneochthaí^† / pailneofaí^‡; pailneochthaí^†^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go bpailní mé; go bpailníod^†	go bpailní tú; go bpailnír^†	go bpailní sé, sí	go bpailnímid; go bpailní muid	go bpailní sibh	go bpailní siad; go bpailníd^†	—	go bpailnítear
past	dá bpailnínn	dá bpailníteá	dá bpailníodh sé, sí	dá bpailnímis; dá bpailníodh muid	dá bpailníodh sibh	dá bpailnídís; dá bpailníodh siad	—	dá bpailnítí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	pailním	pailnigh	pailníodh sé, sí	pailnímis	pailnígí; pailnídh^†	pailnídís	—	pailnítear

past participle	pailnithe

verbal noun	pailniú

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of *pailnigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
pailnigh	phailnigh	bpailnigh

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), “pailnigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“pollinate”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “pailnigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm