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do

[d̪ˠo]

particle

LanguageIrish

Meaning
  1. prefixed before the preterite, imperfect and conditional forms of a verb
  2. a verbal particle
  3. A particle used before the past, imperfect, and conditional forms of many verbs.
Examples

do mhol sé

he praised

Pronunciationd̪ˠo

Part of speechparticle

Usage noteThis is often omitted or attached to the verb in modern Irish, but it remains a key grammatical feature to recognize.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.