Irish word

thug

to give (analytic past indicative of tabhair)

verbmasculine/ˈhuɡ/

thug means “to give (analytic past indicative of tabhair)” in Irish and is used as a verb. Its recorded IPA pronunciation is /ˈhuɡ/.

Mutation forms

Thug m'uncail bronntanas dó.

My uncle gave him a present.

Thug an múinteoir a lán oibre bhaile dúinn.

The teacher gave us a lot of homework.

Sin iad na gasúir ar thug tú an leabhar dóibh.

Those are the children you gave the book to.

Cé dó ar thug tú an leabhar?

To whom did you give the book?

Níor thug mé freagra ar litir Tom go fóill.

I haven't replied to Tom's letter yet.

Time

tosaigh

to begin

críochnaigh

finish

níos

lean

to follow

fan

to wait

deir

says

mair

live

cinnte

certain, sure

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