damnaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • damn, damnuigh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish damnaid (from Latin damnō) + -igh.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɑmˠn̪ˠɪɟ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠamˠnˠə/, /ˈd̪ˠamˠnˠiː/; /ˈd̪ˠamˠn̪ˠə/, /ˈd̪ˠamˠn̪ˠiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠamˠnˠi/, /ˈd̪ˠamˠn̪ˠi/

Verb

damnaigh (present analytic damnaíonn, future analytic damnóidh, verbal noun damnú, past participle damnaithe)

  1. to damn
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 62:
      tā šē rācə sə šḱŕīviń ȷēǵī, gə namnō ȷiə n cə, ə xȧhəs ə hȳəl gə h-olək.
      Tá sé ráite sa scríbhinn diaga go ndamnóidh Dia an té a chaitheas a shaol go holc. (conventional orthography)
      It is said in holy scripture that God will damn the one who spends his life badly.

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