ciorclaigh

Irish

Etymology 1

From ciorcal (“circle”) +‎ -igh.

Verb

ciorclaigh (present analytic ciorclaíonn, future analytic ciorclóidh, verbal noun ciorclú, past participle ciorclaithe)

(transitive) to encircle, circle
Synonym: timpeallaigh

Conjugation

Conjugation of *ciorclaigh* (second conjugation)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	ciorclaím	ciorclaíonn tú; ciorclaír^†	ciorclaíonn sé, sí	ciorclaímid; ciorclaíonn muid	ciorclaíonn sibh	ciorclaíonn siad; ciorclaíd^†	a chiorclaíonn; a chiorclaíos	ciorclaítear
past	chiorclaigh mé; chiorclaíos	chiorclaigh tú; chiorclaís	chiorclaigh sé, sí	chiorclaíomar; chiorclaigh muid	chiorclaigh sibh; chiorclaíobhair	chiorclaigh siad; chiorclaíodar	a chiorclaigh	ciorclaíodh
past habitual	chiorclaínn / ciorclaínn^‡	chiorclaíteá / ciorclaíteá^‡	chiorclaíodh sé, sí / ciorclaíodh sé, sí^‡	chiorclaímis; chiorclaíodh muid / ciorclaímis^‡; ciorclaíodh muid^‡	chiorclaíodh sibh / ciorclaíodh sibh^‡	chiorclaídís; chiorclaíodh / ciorclaídís^‡; ciorclaíodh siad^‡	a chiorclaíodh	chiorclaítí / ciorclaítí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	ciorclóidh mé; ciorclód; ciorclóchaidh mé^†	ciorclóidh tú; ciorclóir^†; ciorclóchaidh tú^†	ciorclóidh sé, sí; ciorclóchaidh sé, sí^†	ciorclóimid; ciorclóidh muid; ciorclóchaimid^†; ciorclóchaidh muid^†	ciorclóidh sibh; ciorclóchaidh sibh^†	ciorclóidh siad; ciorclóid^†; ciorclóchaidh siad^†	a chiorclóidh; a chiorclós; a chiorclóchaidh^†; a chiorclóchas^†	ciorclófar; ciorclóchar^†
conditional	chiorclóinn; chiorclóchainn^† / ciorclóinn^‡; ciorclóchainn^†^‡	chiorclófá; chiorclóchthá^† / ciorclófá^‡; ciorclóchthá^†^‡	chiorclódh sé, sí; chiorclóchadh sé, sí^† / ciorclódh sé, sí^‡; ciorclóchadh sé, sí^†^‡	chiorclóimis; chiorclódh muid; chiorclóchaimis^†; chiorclóchadh muid^† / ciorclóimis^‡; ciorclódh muid^‡; ciorclóchaimis^†^‡; ciorclóchadh muid^†^‡	chiorclódh sibh; chiorclóchadh sibh^† / ciorclódh sibh^‡; ciorclóchadh sibh^†^‡	chiorclóidís; chiorclódh siad; chiorclóchaidís^†; chiorclóchadh siad^† / ciorclóidís^‡; ciorclódh siad^‡; ciorclóchaidís^†^‡; ciorclóchadh siad^†^‡	a chiorclódh; a chiorclóchadh^†	chiorclófaí; chiorclóchthaí^† / ciorclófaí^‡; ciorclóchthaí^†^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go gciorclaí mé; go gciorclaíod^†	go gciorclaí tú; go gciorclaír^†	go gciorclaí sé, sí	go gciorclaímid; go gciorclaí muid	go gciorclaí sibh	go gciorclaí siad; go gciorclaíd^†	—	go gciorclaítear
past	dá gciorclaínn	dá gciorclaíteá	dá gciorclaíodh sé, sí	dá gciorclaímis; dá gciorclaíodh muid	dá gciorclaíodh sibh	dá gciorclaídís; dá gciorclaíodh siad	—	dá gciorclaítí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	ciorclaím	ciorclaigh	ciorclaíodh sé, sí	ciorclaímis	ciorclaígí; ciorclaídh^†	ciorclaídís	—	ciorclaítear

past participle	ciorclaithe

verbal noun	ciorclú

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ciorclaigh

inflection of ciorclach:
1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Mutation

Mutated forms of *ciorclaigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
ciorclaigh	chiorclaigh	gciorclaigh

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