coirtigh

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish coirtigid, coirtid (tans; cures, verb), from coirt (bark). By surface analysis, coirt (bark) +‎ -igh (verbal suffix).

Verb

coirtigh (present analytic coirtíonn, future analytic coirteoidh, verbal noun coirtiú, past participle coirtithe) (transitive)

  1. to decorticate
  2. to tan
  3. to coat, encrust
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

coirtigh

  1. inflection of coirteach (barky, cortical; encrusted, coated; furred, scaled):
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Mutation

Mutated forms of coirtigh
radical lenition eclipsis
coirtigh choirtigh gcoirtigh

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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