searg1, m. (gs. sirg).Lit:1. Wasting sickness, decline. Bheith i ~, to be in a decline. Fear, bean, sirg, consumptive. 2. Atrophy. 3 = seargadh.
searg2, a1. Lit: Withered, wasted.
searg3, v.t. & i. (pp. ~tha). Waste, wither; dry up, shrivel; wear away, decline. Duine, planda, ag ~adh, a person, a plant, withering. Ag ~adh leis an teas, shrivelling with the heat. Ag ~adh as, wasting away. Shearg sé mo chroí, it seared my heart.