Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

maol (bald) +‎ -igh

Verb edit

maolaigh (present analytic maolaíonn, future analytic maolóidh, verbal noun maolú, past participle maolaithe)

  1. (intransitive) to grow bald
  2. (transitive) to make bald, to crop closely
  3. (intransitive) to become blunt
  4. (transitive) to make blunt
  5. (transitive) to make lower or flatter
  6. (intransitive) to decrease, abate, become less
  7. (law, transitive) to mitigate

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
maolaigh mhaolaigh not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit