ciorclaigh

Irish

Etymology 1

From ciorcal (“circle”) +‎ -igh.

Verb

ciorclaigh (present analytic ciorclaíonn, future analytic ciorclóidh, verbal noun ciorclú, past participle ciorclaithe)

(transitive) to encircle, circle
Synonym: timpeallaigh

Conjugation

conjugation of ciorclaigh (second conjugation)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	ciorclú
past participle	ciorclaithe
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	ciorclaím	ciorclaíonn tú; ciorclaír^†	ciorclaíonn sé, sí	ciorclaímid; ciorclaíonn muid	ciorclaíonn sibh	ciorclaíonn siad; ciorclaíd^†	a chiorclaíonn; a chiorclaíos / a gciorclaíonn*	ciorclaítear
past	chiorclaigh mé; chiorclaíos	chiorclaigh tú; chiorclaís	chiorclaigh sé, sí	chiorclaíomar; chiorclaigh muid	chiorclaigh sibh; chiorclaíobhair	chiorclaigh siad; chiorclaíodar	a chiorclaigh / ar chiorclaigh*	ciorclaíodh
past habitual	chiorclaínn / gciorclaínn‡‡	chiorclaíteá / gciorclaíteá‡‡	chiorclaíodh sé, sí / gciorclaíodh sé, sí‡‡	chiorclaímis; chiorclaíodh muid / gciorclaímis‡‡; gciorclaíodh muid‡‡	chiorclaíodh sibh / gciorclaíodh sibh‡‡	chiorclaídís; chiorclaíodh siad / gciorclaídís‡‡; gciorclaíodh siad‡‡	a chiorclaíodh / a gciorclaíodh*	chiorclaítí / gciorclaítí‡‡
future	ciorclóidh mé; ciorclód; ciorclóchaidh mé^†	ciorclóidh tú; ciorclóir^†; ciorclóchaidh tú^†	ciorclóidh sé, sí; ciorclóchaidh sé, sí^†	ciorclóimid; ciorclóidh muid; ciorclóchaimid^†; ciorclóchaidh muid^†	ciorclóidh sibh; ciorclóchaidh sibh^†	ciorclóidh siad; ciorclóid^†; ciorclóchaidh siad^†	a chiorclóidh; a chiorclós; a chiorclóchaidh^†; a chiorclóchas^† / a gciorclóidh; a gciorclóchaidh^†	ciorclófar; ciorclóchar^†
conditional	chiorclóinn; chiorclóchainn^† / gciorclóinn‡‡; gciorclóchainn^†‡‡	chiorclófá; chiorclóchthá^† / gciorclófá‡‡; gciorclóchthá^†‡‡	chiorclódh sé, sí; chiorclóchadh sé, sí^† / gciorclódh sé, sí‡‡; gciorclóchadh sé, sí^†‡‡	chiorclóimis; chiorclódh muid; chiorclóchaimis^†; chiorclóchadh muid^† / gciorclóimis‡‡; gciorclódh muid‡‡; gciorclóchaimis^†‡‡; gciorclóchadh muid^†‡‡	chiorclódh sibh; chiorclóchadh sibh^† / gciorclódh sibh‡‡; gciorclóchadh sibh^†‡‡	chiorclóidís; chiorclódh siad; chiorclóchadh siad^† / gciorclóidís‡‡; gciorclódh siad‡‡; gciorclóchadh siad^†‡‡	a chiorclódh; a chiorclóchadh^† / a gciorclódh; a gciorclóchadh^†	chiorclófaí; chiorclóchthaí^† / gciorclófaí‡‡; gciorclóchthaí^†‡‡
subjunctive
present	go gciorclaí mé; go gciorclaíod^†	go gciorclaí tú; go gciorclaír^†	go gciorclaí sé, sí	go gciorclaímid; go gciorclaí muid	go gciorclaí sibh	go gciorclaí siad; go gciorclaíd^†	—	go gciorclaítear
past	dá gciorclaínn	dá gciorclaíteá	dá gciorclaíodh sé, sí	dá gciorclaímis; dá gciorclaíodh muid	dá gciorclaíodh sibh	dá gciorclaídís; dá gciorclaíodh siad	—	dá gciorclaítí
imperative
–	ciorclaím	ciorclaigh	ciorclaíodh sé, sí	ciorclaímis	ciorclaígí; ciorclaídh^†	ciorclaídís	—	ciorclaítear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ciorclaigh

inflection of ciorclach:
1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Mutation

Mutated forms of *ciorclaigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
ciorclaigh	chiorclaigh	gciorclaigh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.