geimhreadh
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish gemred, from Old Irish gaimred,[2] from a suffixed form of Proto-Celtic *gyemos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰyem-.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): (Waterford) /ˈɟaiɾʲə/[3]; (Kerry, Cork) /ˈɟiːɾʲə/[4][5]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): (Galway) /ˈɟiːvʲɾʲə/[6][7]; (Mayo) /ˈɟivʲɾʲuː/[8], /ˈɟĩvʲɾʲuː/[9], /ˈɟɛvʲɾʲu/[10]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɟɛvʲɾʲuː/[11], /ˈɟɨ̃vʲɾʲu/[12]
Noun
[edit]geimhreadh m (genitive singular geimhridh, nominative plural geimhrí)
Declension
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- Alternative plural: geimhríocha (Cois Fharraige)
See also
[edit]| Seasons in Irish · séasúir (layout · text) · category | |||
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| earrach (“spring”) | samhradh (“summer”) | fómhar (“autumn”) | geimhreadh (“winter”) |
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| geimhreadh | gheimhreadh | ngeimhreadh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]References
- ^ “geimhreadh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gemred, gaimred”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 106, page 22
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 47, page 25
- ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 57, page 14; reprinted 1988
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 134
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 527, page 97
- ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 138, page 29
- ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 78, page 20
- ^ Stockman, Gerard (1974) The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 2), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, section 1354, page 312
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 431, page 139
- ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish][1] (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 35, page 17
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “geiṁreaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 359
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “geimhreadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰey- (winter)
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns
- ga:Seasons