Hi everyone, I was hoping you all could help me with this one - In Teach Yourself Irish and on the Cork Irish page I’m seeing first conjugation verbs’ 2nd personal imperative plural written as follows - cuiridh, dúnaidh etc.
Pronounciation guides in both resources are giving ‘ig’ as the realisation of the ‘aidh’ spelling.

However, when I listen to the Cork Irish audio I’m hearing these pronounced with an ‘í’ e.g. cuiríg, dúnaíg etc.
I also saw a non native speaker, but learner of Kerry Irish, confirming that ‘íg’ is heard there.
So which is correct? I assume the short vowel pronounciation has been superseded by the long vowel one but wanted to confirm.

I would take a form like míníg to be imperative plural. I'd be surprised if it came over to other forms in "-igh"/"-idh" by analogy, given it has a distinct grammatical function where it occurs.

I don't think I've ever noticed something like cuiríg. I don't think this would even be the expected imperative form either. Do you think it's a recent development?

For 2nd conjugation plural imperatives like mínigh, ceannaigh etc that form is expected - mínígh, ceannaígh etc. but for the 1st conjugation I have absolutely no idea if it’s a recent thing or not.
But here’s:
‘cuir’ - http://archive.org/download/IrishVerbCo ... s/cuir.mp3
‘glan’ - http://archive.org/download/IrishVerbCo ... s/glan.mp3
‘ith’ - http://archive.org/download/IrishVerbCo ... ns/ith.mp3

I gcanúint Chorca Dhuíne ar a laíod, buintar úsáid as na foirmeacha atá luaite agat, .i. na foirmeacha a chríochnaíonn ar -(a)ídh/-(a)íg.

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I'm an intermediate speaker of the Corca Dhuibhne dialect of Irish and also have knowledge on the old spelling
Soir gaċ síar, fé ḋeireaḋ thíar