Irish

Alternative forms

• oibliogáid (obsolete)

Noun

oibleagáid f ‎(genitive singular oibleagáide, nominative plural oibleagáidí)

1. obligation
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 3:

     tā mē fȳ wōrān aibləgəȷ ʒic.

     conventional orthography: Tá mé faoi mhórán oibleagáid dhuit.

     I am much obliged to you.

2. regards, greetings
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 3:

     tōŕ m aibləgəȷ gə də wāhŕ̥!

     conventional orthography: Tabhair m’oibleagáid do do mháthair!

     Give my regards to your mother.

3. favor (instance of voluntarily assisting someone)
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 3:

     ȷīnī n aibləgəȷ, ə ȷ iər mē, agəs bai mē ān wīx.

     conventional orthography: Déanaidh an oibleagáid a d’iarr mé agus beidh mé an-bhuíoch.

     Do the favor I asked and I will be very grateful.

Declension

Mutation

References

• “obligáid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.