giorraigh

Irish

Alternative forms

giorruigh (superseded)^[1]

Etymology

From giorra (“shortness”) +‎ -igh.

Verb

giorraigh (present analytic giorraíonn, future analytic giorróidh, verbal noun giorrú, past participle giorraithe)

(transitive) to shorten, abridge, abbreviate, curtail
(intransitive) to shorten (become shorter)
(transitive) to condense (concentrate towards the essence)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *giorraigh* (second conjugation)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	giorraím	giorraíonn tú; giorraír^†	giorraíonn sé, sí	giorraímid; giorraíonn muid	giorraíonn sibh	giorraíonn siad; giorraíd^†	a ghiorraíonn; a ghiorraíos	giorraítear
past	ghiorraigh mé; ghiorraíos	ghiorraigh tú; ghiorraís	ghiorraigh sé, sí	ghiorraíomar; ghiorraigh muid	ghiorraigh sibh; ghiorraíobhair	ghiorraigh siad; ghiorraíodar	a ghiorraigh	giorraíodh
past habitual	ghiorraínn / giorraínn^‡	ghiorraíteá / giorraíteá^‡	ghiorraíodh sé, sí / giorraíodh sé, sí^‡	ghiorraímis; ghiorraíodh muid / giorraímis^‡; giorraíodh muid^‡	ghiorraíodh sibh / giorraíodh sibh^‡	ghiorraídís; ghiorraíodh / giorraídís^‡; giorraíodh siad^‡	a ghiorraíodh	ghiorraítí / giorraítí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	giorróidh mé; giorród; giorróchaidh mé^†	giorróidh tú; giorróir^†; giorróchaidh tú^†	giorróidh sé, sí; giorróchaidh sé, sí^†	giorróimid; giorróidh muid; giorróchaimid^†; giorróchaidh muid^†	giorróidh sibh; giorróchaidh sibh^†	giorróidh siad; giorróid^†; giorróchaidh siad^†	a ghiorróidh; a ghiorrós; a ghiorróchaidh^†; a ghiorróchas^†	giorrófar; giorróchar^†
conditional	ghiorróinn; ghiorróchainn^† / giorróinn^‡; giorróchainn^†^‡	ghiorrófá; ghiorróchthá^† / giorrófá^‡; giorróchthá^†^‡	ghiorródh sé, sí; ghiorróchadh sé, sí^† / giorródh sé, sí^‡; giorróchadh sé, sí^†^‡	ghiorróimis; ghiorródh muid; ghiorróchaimis^†; ghiorróchadh muid^† / giorróimis^‡; giorródh muid^‡; giorróchaimis^†^‡; giorróchadh muid^†^‡	ghiorródh sibh; ghiorróchadh sibh^† / giorródh sibh^‡; giorróchadh sibh^†^‡	ghiorróidís; ghiorródh siad; ghiorróchaidís^†; ghiorróchadh siad^† / giorróidís^‡; giorródh siad^‡; giorróchaidís^†^‡; giorróchadh siad^†^‡	a ghiorródh; a ghiorróchadh^†	ghiorrófaí; ghiorróchthaí^† / giorrófaí^‡; giorróchthaí^†^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go ngiorraí mé; go ngiorraíod^†	go ngiorraí tú; go ngiorraír^†	go ngiorraí sé, sí	go ngiorraímid; go ngiorraí muid	go ngiorraí sibh	go ngiorraí siad; go ngiorraíd^†	—	go ngiorraítear
past	dá ngiorraínn	dá ngiorraíteá	dá ngiorraíodh sé, sí	dá ngiorraímis; dá ngiorraíodh muid	dá ngiorraíodh sibh	dá ngiorraídís; dá ngiorraíodh siad	—	dá ngiorraítí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	giorraím	giorraigh	giorraíodh sé, sí	giorraímis	giorraígí; giorraídh^†	giorraídís	—	giorraítear

past participle	giorraithe

verbal noun	giorrú

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Synonyms

(shorten): ciorraigh
(condense): coimrigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of *giorraigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
giorraigh	ghiorraigh	ngiorraigh

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

References

^ “giorraigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy