garr

See also: Garr

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *garrā (compare Gaulish *garra), which is of uncertain origin; possibly sharing a / substrate origin with Ancient Greek ἄκαρα (ákara, “leg, shank”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡarː]
• IPA^(key): [ɡɒr]

Noun

garr f (dual diwar, plural garrow)

1. (anatomy) leg

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish garr (“ordure, offal”).

Noun

garr m (genitive singular gairr)

1. 1. pith, pulp
   2. inner substance; matter, essence
2. 1. ordure, filth
   2. garbage, offal

      Synonym: bruscar

Declension

Declension of garr

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative garr Vocative a ghairr Genitive gairr Dative garr

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an garr Genitive an ghairr Dative leis an ngarr don gharr

Derived terms

• garr móna (“soft, worthless, turf”)
• garrfhiach (“vulture”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
garr	gharr	ngarr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “garr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “garr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “pith”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024