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Scottish Gaelic verb

sguir

stop, cease, desist, terminate (usually of actions other than movement)

sguir is a Scottish Gaelic verb meaning “stop, cease, desist, terminate (usually of actions other than movement)”. Its verbal noun is sgur.

Verbal noun: sgur

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Past

PersonForm
Formsguir

Future

PersonForm
Formsguiridh

Imperative

PersonForm
you (singular)sguir
you (plural)sguiribh

Past Participle

PersonForm
Formsguirte

Conditional

PersonForm
Formsguireadh

sguir in context

Dh'iarr mi oirbhse sguir dheth.

I asked you to stop it.

Dh'iarr mi oirbhse sguir dheth.

I asked you to stop.

Sguir Larson dheth a dhealbhadh ann an 1995.

Related Scottish Gaelic verbs

adhbharaich

cause, occasion

adhlaic

bury, inter

agair

claim, demand; petition

aidich

admit, confess, concede; acknowledge, profess, avow

ainmich

name; mention

aithris

report, relate, recite, allege, repeat; narrate, enunciate, rehearse

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Native language name: Gàidhlig