ciorclaigh

Irish

Etymology 1

From ciorcal (“circle”) +‎ -igh.

Verb

ciorclaigh (present analytic ciorclaíonn, future analytic ciorclóidh, verbal noun ciorclú, past participle ciorclaithe)

(transitive) encircle, circle
Synonym: timpeallaigh

Conjugation

conjugation of ciorclaigh (second conjugation)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	ciorclaím	ciorclaíonn tú; ciorclaír^†	ciorclaíonn sé, sí	ciorclaímid; ciorclaíonn muid	ciorclaíonn sibh	ciorclaíonn siad; ciorclaíd^†	a chiorclaíonn; a chiorclaíos / a gciorclaíonn*	ciorclaítear
	past	chiorclaigh mé; chiorclaíos	chiorclaigh tú; chiorclaís	chiorclaigh sé, sí	chiorclaíomar; chiorclaigh muid	chiorclaigh sibh; chiorclaíobhair	chiorclaigh siad; chiorclaíodar	a chiorclaigh / ar chiorclaigh*	ciorclaíodh
	past habitual	chiorclaínn / gciorclaínn‡‡	chiorclaíteá / gciorclaíteá‡‡	chiorclaíodh sé, sí / gciorclaíodh sé, sí‡‡	chiorclaímis; chiorclaíodh muid / gciorclaímis‡‡; gciorclaíodh muid‡‡	chiorclaíodh sibh / gciorclaíodh sibh‡‡	chiorclaídís; chiorclaíodh siad / gciorclaídís‡‡; gciorclaíodh siad‡‡	a chiorclaíodh / a gciorclaíodh*	chiorclaítí / gciorclaítí‡‡
future		ciorclóidh mé; ciorclód; ciorclóchaidh mé^†	ciorclóidh tú; ciorclóir^†; ciorclóchaidh tú^†	ciorclóidh sé, sí; ciorclóchaidh sé, sí^†	ciorclóimid; ciorclóidh muid; ciorclóchaimid^†; ciorclóchaidh muid^†	ciorclóidh sibh; ciorclóchaidh sibh^†	ciorclóidh siad; ciorclóid^†; ciorclóchaidh siad^†	a chiorclóidh; a chiorclós; a chiorclóchaidh^†; a chiorclóchas^† / a gciorclóidh; a gciorclóchaidh^†	ciorclófar; ciorclóchar^†
conditional		chiorclóinn; chiorclóchainn^† / gciorclóinn‡‡; gciorclóchainn^†‡‡	chiorclófá; chiorclóchthá^† / gciorclófá‡‡; gciorclóchthá^†‡‡	chiorclódh sé, sí; chiorclóchadh sé, sí^† / gciorclódh sé, sí‡‡; gciorclóchadh sé, sí^†‡‡	chiorclóimis; chiorclódh muid; chiorclóchaimis^†; chiorclóchadh muid^† / gciorclóimis‡‡; gciorclódh muid‡‡; gciorclóchaimis^†‡‡; gciorclóchadh muid^†‡‡	chiorclódh sibh; chiorclóchadh sibh^† / gciorclódh sibh‡‡; gciorclóchadh sibh^†‡‡	chiorclóidís; chiorclódh siad; chiorclóchadh siad^† / gciorclóidís‡‡; gciorclódh siad‡‡; gciorclóchadh siad^†‡‡	a chiorclódh; a chiorclóchadh^† / a gciorclódh; a gciorclóchadh^†	chiorclófaí; chiorclóchthaí^† / gciorclófaí‡‡; gciorclóchthaí^†‡‡
subjunctive	present	go gciorclaí mé; go gciorclaíod^†	go gciorclaí tú; go gciorclaír^†	go gciorclaí sé, sí	go gciorclaímid; go gciorclaí muid	go gciorclaí sibh	go gciorclaí siad; go gciorclaíd^†	—	go gciorclaítear
subjunctive	past	dá gciorclaínn	dá gciorclaíteá	dá gciorclaíodh sé, sí	dá gciorclaímis; dá gciorclaíodh muid	dá gciorclaíodh sibh	dá gciorclaídís; dá gciorclaíodh siad	—	dá gciorclaítí
imperative		ciorclaím	ciorclaigh	ciorclaíodh sé, sí	ciorclaímis	ciorclaígí; ciorclaídh^†	ciorclaídís	—	ciorclaítear
verbal noun		ciorclú
past participle		ciorclaithe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ciorclaigh

inflection of ciorclach:
1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Mutation

Mutated forms of *ciorclaigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
ciorclaigh	chiorclaigh	gciorclaigh

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