shirg

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Manx[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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 Scottish Gaelic searg.

Verb[edit]

shirg

  1. (transitive, intransitive) mummify

Related terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
shirg hirg
after "yn", çhirg
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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