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géaraigh

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Irish

Alternative forms

  • géaruigh, geuraigh, geuruigh (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

géaraigh (present analytic géaraíonn, future analytic géaróidh, verbal noun géarú, past participle géaraithe)

  1. (ambitransitive) 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. (ambitransitive) to intensify
  4. (ambitransitive) 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

More information radical, lenition ...

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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