cluimhrigh

Irish

Etymology

From cluimhreach +‎ -igh. Has largely replaced earlier clúmh.

Verb

cluimhrigh (present analytic cluimhríonn, future analytic clulimhreoidh, verbal noun cluimhriú, past participle cluimhrithe)

  1. to preen (to groom, of birds)
  2. to pluck (remove feathers from a bird)

Conjugation

Noun

cluimhrigh

  1. vocative/genitive singular of cluimhreach m
  2. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of cluimhreach f

Mutation

Mutated forms of cluimhrigh
radical lenition eclipsis
cluimhrigh chluimhrigh gcluimhrigh

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

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