Irish

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Etymology

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From cluimhreach +‎ -igh. Has largely replaced earlier clúmh.

Verb

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cluimhrigh (present analytic cluimhríonn, future analytic clulimhreoidh, verbal noun cluimhriú, past participle cluimhrithe)

  1. to preen (to groom, of birds)
  2. to pluck (remove feathers from a bird)

Conjugation

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Noun

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cluimhrigh

  1. vocative/genitive singular of cluimhreach m
  2. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of cluimhreach f

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cluimhrigh chluimhrigh gcluimhrigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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