# suigh
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* suidh (superseded)

### Etymology

From Middle Irish suidid, on the one hand adaptation of Old Irish saidid (“to sit”), 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: /sˠɪɟ/
* (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: /sˠiː/
* (Cois Fharraige) IPA: /sˠʊ/

### Verb

suigh (present analytic suíonn, future analytic suífidh, verbal noun suí, past participle suite) (ambitransitive)
* sit
** remain up
* set, let, rent
* seat; place, locate; settle, arrange; fix, establish
* affirm against; persuade [with ar]

#### Usage notes

The progressive aspect of this verb is 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

| verbal noun | suí | suí | suí | suí | suí | suí | suí | suí |
| past participle | suite | suite | suite | suite | suite | suite | suite | suite |
| tense | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| tense | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative |||||||||
| present | suím | suíonn tú; suír$^†$ | suíonn sé, sí | suímid | suíonn sibh | suíonn siad; suíd$^†$ | a shuíonn; a shuíos / a suíonn* | suitear |
| past | shuigh mé; shuíos | shuigh tú; shuís | shuigh sé, sí | shuíomar; shuigh muid | shuigh sibh; shuíobhair | shuigh siad; shuíodar | a shuigh / ar 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 / a suíodh* | shuití / suití‡‡ |
| future | suífidh mé; suífead | suífidh tú; suífir$^†$ | suífidh sé, sí | suífimid; suífidh muid | suífidh sibh | suífidh siad; suífid$^†$ | a shuífidh; a shuífeas / a suífidh* | 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 / a suífeadh* | shuífí / suífí‡‡ |
| subjunctive |||||||||
| 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 |||||||||
| – | suím | suigh | suíodh sé, sí | suímis | suígí; suídh$^†$ | suídís | — | suitear |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* 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, page 24