maolaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

maol (bald) + -igh

Verb

maolaigh (present analytic maolaíonn, future analytic maolóidh, verbal noun maolú, past participle maolaithe)

  1. (intransitive) to grow bald
  2. (transitive) to make bald, to crop closely
  3. (intransitive) to become blunt
  4. (transitive) to make blunt
  5. (transitive) to make lower or flatter
  6. (intransitive) to decrease, abate, become less
  7. (law, transitive) to mitigate

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • maolaigh ar

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
maolaigh mhaolaigh not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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