maolaigh

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

maol (bald) +‎ -igh

Verb[edit]

maolaigh (present analytic maolaíonn, future analytic maolóidh, verbal noun maolú, past participle maolaithe)

  1. (intransitive) to grow bald
  2. (transitive) to make bald, to crop closely
  3. (intransitive) to become blunt
  4. (transitive) to make blunt
  5. (transitive) to make lower or flatter
  6. (intransitive) to decrease, abate, become less
  7. (law, transitive) to mitigate

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
maolaigh mhaolaigh not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]