oibrigh

Irish

Etymology

From obair (work, noun) + -igh.

Pronunciation

Verb

oibrigh (present analytic oibríonn, future analytic oibreoidh, verbal noun oibriú, past participle oibrithe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) work
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 3:
      dūŕc mē leš, mārəx gə n-aibŕīx šē, n̄ax ń-īkń̥ ē.
      conventional orthography: Dúirt mé leis murach go n-oibríodh sé, nach n-íocfainn é.
      I told him if he didn’t work, I wouldn’t pay him.

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
oibrigh n-oibrigh hoibrigh not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "oibrigh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • opraid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “oibriġim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 526.
  • “oibrigh” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
  • Entries containing “oibrigh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “oibrigh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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