shirg
Manx
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 Scottish Gaelic searg.
Verb
shirg
- (transitive, intransitive) mummify
Related terms
- shirgane m (“mummy”)
- shirgey m (“mummification”)
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| shirg | hirg after "yn", çhirg | unchanged |
| 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.