Irish word

dúirt

say (analytic past indicative of abair)

verbmasculine/d̪ˠuːɾˠtʲ/

dúirt means “say (analytic past indicative of abair)” in Irish and is used as a verb. Its recorded IPA pronunciation is /d̪ˠuːɾˠtʲ/.

Mutation forms

Cé a dúirt é sin?

Who said that?

’Séard a dúirt sé go raibh sé sásta.

What he said was that he was satisfied.

Dúirt Tomás go bhfuil áthas ar Máire.

Tom said Mary was happy.

Chuir an rud a dúirt Tom fearg ort, nár chuir?

What Tom said made you angry, didn't it?

Dúirt sé an rud a bhí ar a intinn.

She said the thing that was on her mind.

Time

tosaigh

to begin

críochnaigh

finish

níos

lean

to follow

fan

to wait

deir

says

mair

live

cinnte

certain, sure

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