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athraigh.

change, vary

8 characters2 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈaːhəɾˠɪɟ/Munster/ˈɑɾˠə/Aran/ˈaɾˠə/Aran/ˈæɾˠə/Aran

  1. change, vary

    intransitive
    Is mór atá sé athraithe ó chonaic mé go deireanach é.
    Tá an ghaoth athraithe. / D’athraigh an ghaoth.

  2. change, alter

    transitive
    Bhí sé d’intinn aige a dhul go Meireacá, ach b’fhéidir gur athraigh sé a intinn.

  3. move

    ambitransitive

  4. reduce

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish aithrigid (“to change, alter, move”), from Old Irish ad·eirrig (“to repeat, reiterate; change”), from ath- + ar- + Proto-Celtic *regeti (whence also Old Irish at·reig, Irish éirigh), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic atharraich and Manx arree.

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