gagar
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Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old Norse gagarr, from an imitative North Germanic root *gag (“to howl”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gagar m
Inflection[edit]
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | gagar | gagarL | gagairL |
Vocative | gagair | gagarL | gagruH |
Accusative | gagarN | gagarL | gagruH |
Genitive | gagairL | gagar | gagarN |
Dative | gagarL | gagaraib | gagaraib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
gagar | gagar pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
ngagar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “gagar”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page gadhar