chuig

See also: chúig

Irish

Alternative forms

• ag (colloquial; Galway)

Etymology

Back-formation from chuige, from Old Irish cuci, the third-person singular masculine of co (“toward”) (modern go).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɪɟ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ɛɟ/ (being conflated with ag)

Preposition

chuig (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

1. to; towards
2. (with certain adjectives) at, for

Inflection

Inflection of chuig

Person	Normal	Emphatic
1st person sing.	chugam	chugamsa
2d person sing.	chugat	chugatsa
3d sing. masc.	chuige	chuigesean
3d sing. fem.	chuici	chuicise
1st person pl.	chugainn	chugainne
2d person pl.	chugaibh	chugaibhse
3d person pl.	chucu	chucusan

• Note: The personal forms of chuig also serve as the personal forms of chun. In Galway, many personal forms of ag take over the role of the personal forms of chuig/chun.

Derived terms

See Category:Irish phrasal verbs with particle (chuig)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “chuig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 32