cluimhrigh

Irish

Etymology

From cluimhreach + -igh. Has largely replaced earlier clúmh.

Verb

cluimhrigh (present analytic cluimhríonn, future analytic clulimhreoidh, verbal noun cluimhriú, past participle cluimhrithe)

  1. to preen (to groom, of birds)
  2. to pluck (remove feathers from a bird)

Conjugation

Noun

cluimhrigh

  1. vocative/genitive singular of cluimhreach m
  2. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of cluimhreach f

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cluimhrigh chluimhrigh gcluimhrigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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