giorraigh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From giorra (shortness) +‎ -igh.

Verb

giorraigh (present analytic giorraíonn, future analytic giorróidh, verbal noun giorrú, past participle giorraithe)

  1. (transitive) to shorten, abridge, abbreviate, curtail
  2. (intransitive) to shorten (become shorter)
  3. (transitive) to condense (concentrate towards the essence)

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (shorten): ciorraigh
  • (condense): coimrigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of giorraigh
radical lenition eclipsis
giorraigh ghiorraigh ngiorraigh

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

References

  1. ^ giorraigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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