sáraigh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sáraigid.[1] By surface analysis, sár +‎ -igh.

Verb

sáraigh (present analytic sáraíonn, future analytic sáróidh, verbal noun sárú, past participle sáraithe) (ambitransitive)

  1. to violate, transgress, infringe
  2. (religion) to profane
  3. to overcome (a difficulty)
  4. to pass, exceed
  5. to tire out, exhaust
    Synonyms: tuirsigh, traoch, tnáith

Conjugation

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of sáraigh
radical lenition eclipsis
sáraigh sháraigh
after an, tsáraigh
not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sáraigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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