éilligh

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish éilnigid, from Old Irish as·lena (to pollute, defile).

Verb

éilligh (present analytic éillíonn, future analytic éilleoidh, verbal noun éilliú, past participle éillithe)

  1. (transitive) corrupt; pollute, defile
  2. (transitive, jurisprudence) suborn

Conjugation

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of éilligh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éilligh n-éilligh héilligh not applicable

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

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