guaire

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gúaire (“hair (of animals), bristles; a bristle”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend”), similar to gúala (“shoulder”).

Noun

guaire m (genitive singular guaire, nominative plural guairí)

1. bristle
2. Synonym of guaireach (“rough hair, bristles”)

Declension

Declension of guaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative guaire guairí Vocative a ghuaire a ghuairí Genitive guaire guairí Dative guaire guairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an guaire na guairí Genitive an ghuaire na nguairí Dative leis an nguaire don ghuaire leis na guairí

Derived terms

• guaireach (“bristly, setaceous”, adjective)
• guairigh (“bristle”, intransitive verb)

 

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

guaire m (genitive singular guaire, nominative plural guairí)

1. sand barrier (at river mouth), sand-bar

   Synonym: oitir

Declension

Declension of guaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative guaire guairí Vocative a ghuaire a ghuairí Genitive guaire guairí Dative guaire guairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an guaire na guairí Genitive an ghuaire na nguairí Dative leis an nguaire don ghuaire leis na guairí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
guaire	ghuaire	nguaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “guaire”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “guaire”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “guaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gúaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Italian

Etymology

From guai (“woe!”) +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈi.re/
• Rhymes: -ire
• Hyphenation: gua‧ì‧re

Verb

1. (intransitive) to yelp or whine

Conjugation

• Takes avere even though intransitive

Related terms

• guaito

Further reading

• guaire in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• guaire in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• guaire in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• guaire in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• guaire in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• guaire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Old French

Adverb

guaire

1. Alternative form of gaire