Irish edit

Etymology edit

From ceart (correct, right) +‎ -igh. Compare Manx kiartee.

Verb edit

ceartaigh (present analytic ceartaíonn, future analytic ceartóidh, verbal noun ceartú, past participle ceartaithe) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. correct; rectify, amend; chastise, reprove; adjust
    Synonyms: (correct) beachtaigh, (reprove) spreag
  2. compose, arrange
    Synonym: cóirigh
  3. expound
  4. mend

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ceartaigh cheartaigh gceartaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit