gér

See also: ger, Ger, GER, gèr, Ger⁺⁶, and Ger.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱrós (“sharp”), same source as Latin acer (“sharp”).

Adjective

gér

1. sharp
2. keen, intense

Descendants

• Irish: géar
• Manx: gear, geayr, geyre
• Scottish Gaelic: geur

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
gér	gér pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngér
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “gér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language