suigh

See also: sùigh and súigh

Irish

Alternative forms

suidh (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish suidid, on the one hand adaptation of Old Irish saidid (“to sit”),^[1] on the other hand a replacement for suidigidir (“to set”). Old Irish saidid is from Proto-Celtic *sedeti, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠɪɟ/^[2]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /sˠi(j)/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠiʔ/

Verb

suigh (present analytic suíonn, future analytic suífidh, verbal noun suí, past participle suite) (ambitransitive)

(intransitive) to sit
(transitive) to seat (put an object into a place), locate, mount, position, situate
(transitive) to set (to locate (a play etc.), backdrop)
(transitive, printing) to impose (lay arranged in proper order)

Usage notes

The progressive aspect of the intransitive sense of this verb is usually formed not with ag + verbal noun, as usual in Irish, but with i + possessive determiner (agreeing with the subject) + verbal noun. For example:

tá mé i mo shuí ― I am (currently) sitting (down)
an bhfuil tú i do shuí? ― are you sg sitting (down)?
bíonn sé ina shuí ― he is (habitually) sitting (down)
bhíodh sí ina suí ― she used to be sitting (down)
bhíomar inár suí ― we were sitting (down)
beidh sibh in bhur suí ― you pl will be sitting (down)
bheidís ina suí ― they would be sitting (down)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *suigh* (first conjugation – C)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	suím	suíonn tú; suír^†	suíonn sé, sí	suímid; suíonn muid	suíonn sibh	suíonn siad; suíd^†	a shuíonn; a shuíos	suitear
past	shuigh mé; shuíos	shuigh tú; shuís	shuigh sé, sí	shuíomar; shuigh muid	shuigh sibh; shuíobhair	shuigh siad; shuíodar	a shuigh	suíodh
past habitual	shuínn / suínn^‡	shuiteá / suiteá^‡	shuíodh sé, sí / suíodh sé, sí^‡	shuimis; shuíodh muid / suimis^‡; suíodh muid^‡	shuíodh sibh / suíodh sibh^‡	shuidís; shuíodh siad / suidís^‡; suíodh siad^‡	a shuíodh	shuití / suití^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	suífidh mé; suífead	suífidh tú; suífir^†	suífidh sé, sí	suífimid; suífidh muid	suífidh sibh	suífidh siad; suífid^†	a shuífidh; a shuífeas	suífear
conditional	shuífinn / suífinn^‡	shuífeá / suífeá^‡	shuífeadh sé, sí / suífeadh sé, sí^‡	shuífimis; shuífeadh muid / suífimis^‡; suífeadh muid^‡	shuífeadh sibh / suífeadh sibh^‡	shuífidís; shuífeadh siad / suífidís^‡; suífeadh siad^‡	a shuífeadh	shuífí / suífí^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go suí mé; go suíod^†	go suí tú; go suír^†	go suí sé, sí	go suímid; go suí muid	go suí sibh	go suí siad; go suíd^†	—	go suitear
past	dá suínn	dá suiteá	dá suíodh sé, sí	dá suimis; dá suíodh muid	dá suíodh sibh	dá suidís; dá suíodh siad	—	dá suití

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	suím	suigh	suíodh sé, sí	suímis	suígí; suídh^†	suídís	—	suitear

past participle	suite

verbal noun	suí

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Derived terms

suigh isteach in áit (“sit in for”)
suigh síos (“sit down”)
suigh suas (“sit up”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *suigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
suigh	shuigh after an, tsuigh	not applicable

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

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saidid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 45, page 24