gerr

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gerros. Cognate with Sanskrit ह्रस्व (hrasva)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʲer͈/

Adjective

gerr

1. short

Synonyms

• berr
• breib
• cummair
• garit

Antonyms

• fota

Derived terms

• gerraid

Descendants

• Irish: gearr
• Manx: giare
• Scottish Gaelic: geàrr

Mutation

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

Further reading

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