searg

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish sergaid, seircid (becomes obsolete; shrinks, diminishes, contracts, wastes away; withers away; ebbs away; causes to diminish, lessen or shrivel up, verb), from serg. Compare Manx shirg.

Verb

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searg (past shearg, future seargaidh, verbal noun seargadh, past participle seargte)

  1. wither, emaciate, wane, dwindle
  2. languish, linger
  3. decay, shrivel

Conjugation

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Tense \ Voice Active Passive
Present a' seargadh --
Past shearg sheargadh
Future seargaidh seargar
Conditional sheargadh sheargtadh

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
searg shearg
after "an", t-searg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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