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)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	muirním	muirníonn tú; muirnír^†	muirníonn sé, sí	muirnímid; muirníonn muid	muirníonn sibh	muirníonn siad; muirníd^†	a mhuirníonn; a mhuirníos / a muirníonn*	muirnítear
	past	mhuirnigh mé; mhuirníos	mhuirnigh tú; mhuirnís	mhuirnigh sé, sí	mhuirníomar; mhuirnigh muid	mhuirnigh sibh; mhuirníobhair	mhuirnigh siad; mhuirníodar	a mhuirnigh / ar 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 siad / muirnídís‡‡; muirníodh siad‡‡	a mhuirníodh / a muirníodh*	mhuirnítí / muirnítí‡‡
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^† / a muirneoidh; a muirneochaidh^†	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; mhuirneochadh siad^† / muirneoidís‡‡; muirneodh siad‡‡; muirneochadh siad^†‡‡	a mhuirneodh; a mhuirneochadh^† / a muirneodh; a muirneochadh^†	mhuirneofaí; mhuirneochthaí^† / muirneofaí‡‡; muirneochthaí^†‡‡
subjunctive	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
subjunctive	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		muirním	muirnigh	muirníodh sé, sí	muirnímis	muirnígí; muirnídh^†	muirnídís	—	muirnítear
verbal noun		muirniú
past participle		muirnithe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

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.