shirgey
Manx edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish sergad (“lessening, abating, diminishing; act of wasting away, withering”), verbal noun of sergaid (Manx shirg, Scottish Gaelic searg). Compare Scottish Gaelic seargadh.
Noun edit
shirgey m (genitive singular shirgey, no plural)
Derived terms edit
- shirgane m (“mummy”)
Related terms edit
- shirg (“mummify”, verb)
Mutation edit
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| shirgey | hirgey after "yn", çhirgey |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sergad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language