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salaigh.

to make dirty, soil, defile, sully

7 characters2 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈsˠɑl̪ˠɪɟ/Munster/ˈsˠalˠə/Galway/ˈsˠalˠiː/Mayo/ˈsˠalˠi/Ulster
  1. to make dirty, soil, defile, sully

    transitive
    Is beag an rud a shalaíonn stocaí bána.
  2. to become dirty, become worse

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish salaigid. By surface analysis, sail + -igh.

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