geàrr
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish gerr, from Proto-Celtic *gerros.
Adjective
[edit]geàrr (comparative giorra)
Synonyms
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]geàrr (past gheàrr, future gearraidh, verbal noun gearradh, past participle gearrta)
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Ellipsis of geàrr-fhiadh (“short deer”), from geàrr (“short”) + fiadh (“deer”). Compare Irish giorria.
Noun
[edit]geàrr f (genitive singular gearra, plural gearran)
Synonyms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]geàrr f (genitive singular gearra, plural gearran)
Synonyms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
geàrr | gheàrr |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “geàrr”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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