ciorclaigh

Irish

Etymology 1

From ciorcal (“circle”) +‎ -igh.

Verb

ciorclaigh (present analytic ciorclaíonn, future analytic ciorclóidh, verbal noun ciorclú, past participle ciorclaithe)

1. (transitive) encircle, circle

   Synonym: timpeallaigh

Conjugation

conjugation of ciorclaigh (second conjugation)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	ciorclaím	ciorclaíonn tú; ciorclaír†	ciorclaíonn sé, sí	ciorclaímid; ciorclaíonn muid	ciorclaíonn sibh	ciorclaíonn siad; ciorclaíd†	a chiorclaíonn; a chiorclaíos / a gciorclaíonn*; a gciorclaíos*	ciorclaítear
	past	chiorclaigh mé; chiorclaíos	chiorclaigh tú; chiorclaís	chiorclaigh sé, sí	chiorclaíomar; chiorclaigh muid	chiorclaigh sibh; chiorclaíobhair	chiorclaigh siad; chiorclaíodar	a chiorclaigh / ar chiorclaigh*	ciorclaíodh
	past habitual	chiorclaínn / gciorclaínn‡‡	chiorclaíteá / gciorclaíteᇇ	chiorclaíodh sé, sí / gciorclaíodh sé, s퇇	chiorclaímis; chiorclaíodh muid / gciorclaímis‡‡; gciorclaíodh muid‡‡	chiorclaíodh sibh / gciorclaíodh sibh‡‡	chiorclaídís; chiorclaíodh siad / gciorclaídís‡‡; gciorclaíodh siad‡‡	a chiorclaíodh / a gciorclaíodh*	chiorclaítí / gciorclaít퇇
future		ciorclóidh mé; ciorclód; ciorclóchaidh mé†	ciorclóidh tú; ciorclóir†; ciorclóchaidh tú†	ciorclóidh sé, sí; ciorclóchaidh sé, sí†	ciorclóimid; ciorclóidh muid; ciorclóchaimid†; ciorclóchaidh muid†	ciorclóidh sibh; ciorclóchaidh sibh†	ciorclóidh siad; ciorclóid†; ciorclóchaidh siad†	a chiorclóidh; a chiorclós; a chiorclóchaidh†; a chiorclóchas† / a gciorclóidh*; a gciorclós*; a gciorclóchaidh*†; a gciorclóchas*†	ciorclófar; ciorclóchar†
conditional		chiorclóinn; chiorclóchainn† / gciorclóinn‡‡; gciorclóchainn†‡‡	chiorclófá; chiorclóchthᆠ/ gciorclófᇇ; gciorclóchthᆇ‡	chiorclódh sé, sí; chiorclóchadh sé, s토/ gciorclódh sé, s퇇; gciorclóchadh sé, s톇‡	chiorclóimis; chiorclódh muid; chiorclóchaimis†; chiorclóchadh muid† / gciorclóimis‡‡; gciorclódh muid‡‡; gciorclóchaimis†‡‡; gciorclóchadh muid†‡‡	chiorclódh sibh; chiorclóchadh sibh† / gciorclódh sibh‡‡; gciorclóchadh sibh†‡‡	chiorclóidís; chiorclódh siad; chiorclóchadh siad† / gciorclóidís‡‡; gciorclódh siad‡‡; gciorclóchadh siad†‡‡	a chiorclódh; a chiorclóchadh† / a gciorclódh*; a gciorclóchadh*†	chiorclófaí; chiorclóchtha토/ gciorclófa퇇; gciorclóchtha톇‡
subjunctive	present	go gciorclaí mé; go gciorclaíod†	go gciorclaí tú; go gciorclaír†	go gciorclaí sé, sí	go gciorclaímid; go gciorclaí muid	go gciorclaí sibh	go gciorclaí siad; go gciorclaíd†	—	go gciorclaítear
	past	dá gciorclaínn	dá gciorclaíteá	dá gciorclaíodh sé, sí	dá gciorclaímis; dá gciorclaíodh muid	dá gciorclaíodh sibh	dá gciorclaídís; dá gciorclaíodh siad	—	dá gciorclaítí
imperative		ciorclaím	ciorclaigh	ciorclaíodh sé, sí	ciorclaímis	ciorclaígí; ciorclaídh†	ciorclaídís	—	ciorclaítear
verbal noun		ciorclú
past participle		ciorclaithe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ciorclaigh

1. genitive singular masculine of ciorclach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ciorclaigh	chiorclaigh	gciorclaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciorclaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ciorclaigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ciorclaigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024