gair

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See also: Gair, gàir, and gáir

Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Irish gairid, from Old Irish gairid,[1] from Proto-Celtic *garyeti (compare Middle Welsh gardu (groan), geir (word)), from *ǵh₂r-, zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (to shout, call). Cognate with Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus, voice, speech), Khotanese [script needed] (ysār-, to sing), Latin garriō (chatter), Old English caru (sorrow).

Verb[edit]

gair (present analytic gaireann, future analytic gairfidh, verbal noun gairm, past participle gairthe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) call
  2. (literary) invoke
  3. acclaim
Conjugation[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
  • aisghair (abrogate; repeal, transitive verb)
  • gair ar (call upon, summon, invoke)
  • gair de (name, proclaim, inaugurate)

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective[edit]

gair

  1. inflection of gar:
    1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
    2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Noun[edit]

gair m

  1. genitive singular of gar

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gair ghair ngair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “3 gairid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading[edit]

Manx[edit]

Adjective[edit]

gair

  1. Eclipsed form of cair.

Noun[edit]

gair f

  1. Eclipsed form of cair.

Mutation[edit]

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cair chair gair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scots[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare to English gore (third sense).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

gair (plural gairs)

  1. (archaic) a strip of grass on a hillside, especially bright green and fertile grass

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Welsh geir, from Proto-Brythonic *gėr, from Proto-Celtic *garyos (word, speech), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₂r-, zero grade of *ǵeh₂r-.

Cognate with Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus, voice, speech), Khotanese [script needed] (ysār-, to sing), Latin garriō (chatter), Old English ċearu (sorrow).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡai̯r/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ai̯r

Noun[edit]

gair m (plural geiriau or geirau)

  1. word
    gair am airword for word

Derived terms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gair”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies