searg

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

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

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

Conjugation

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

Mutation

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

Further reading

  • sergaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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