giorraigh

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From giorra (shortness) +‎ -igh.

Verb

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giorraigh (present analytic giorraíonn, future analytic giorróidh, verbal noun giorrú, past participle giorraithe)

  1. (transitive) to shorten, abridge, abbreviate, curtail
  2. (intransitive) to shorten (become shorter)
  3. (transitive) to condense (concentrate towards the essence)

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
giorraigh ghiorraigh ngiorraigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ giorraigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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