géaraigh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • géaruigh, geuraigh, geuruigh (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɟiːa̯ɾˠɪɟ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈɟeːɾˠə/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈɟeːɾˠiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɟeːɾˠi/, [ˈɟɛə̯ɾˠi]

Verb

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

Mutation

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.

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