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

Mutation of searg
radical lenition
searg shearg
after "an", t-searg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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