géaraigh
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish géraigid. By surface analysis, géar + -igh.
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɟiːa̯ɾˠɪɟ/
- (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈɟeːɾˠə/
- (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈɟeːɾˠiː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɟeːɾˠi/, [ˈɟɛə̯ɾˠi]
Verb edit
géaraigh (present analytic géaraíonn, future analytic géaróidh, verbal noun géarú, past participle géaraithe)
- (transitive, intransitive) to sharpen
- Synonym: faobhraigh
- (transitive) to whet (one or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening; stimulate or make more keen)
- (transitive, intransitive) to intensify
- (transitive, intransitive) to sour (to make/become sour)
- (intransitive) to quicken (become quicker)
- (transitive) to steepen (make steeper)
- to bring out (elicit, evoke, or emphasize a particular quality)
- to exacerbate (make worse)
Conjugation edit
conjugation of géaraigh (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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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
- “géaraigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “géraigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “géaruiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 358
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “géaraigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 50