Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish géraigid. By surface analysis, géar +‎ -igh.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

géaraigh (present analytic géaraíonn, future analytic géaróidh, verbal noun géarú, past participle géaraithe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to sharpen
    Synonym: faobhraigh
  2. (transitive) to whet (one or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening; stimulate or make more keen)
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to intensify
  4. (transitive, intransitive) to sour (to make/become sour)
  5. (intransitive) to quicken (become quicker)
  6. (transitive) to steepen (make steeper)
  7. to bring out (elicit, evoke, or emphasize a particular quality)
  8. to exacerbate (make worse)

Conjugation edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
géaraigh ghéaraigh ngéaraigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit