gyr

See also: Gyr

English

Noun

gyr (plural gyrs)

1. Short for gyrfalcon.

Spanish

Noun

gyr m (plural gyrs)

1. Gyr (breed of cattle)

Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *garā́ˀ (“mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to elevate”). Cognate with Lithuanian girià (“primeval forest”), Latvian dziŗa (“woods”), dzire, Old Prussian garian (“tree”).

Noun

gyr

1. nature reserve, primeval forest
   • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 212, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):

     matecznik — gyr

     matecznik — nature reserve

See also

• miſzta

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gyr, from Proto-Celtic *(fare)-koro (“shot, blow”), ultimately from the root of Old Irish foceird (“to cast, throw”); see there for details.

Noun

gyr m (plural gyrroedd)

1. (obsolete) drive, thrust
2. flock, drove

   Synonyms: diadell, praidd, haid

Derived terms

• gyrru (“to drive”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gyr	yr	ngyr	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.