guaire

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gúaire (“hair (of animals), bristles; a bristle”).

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

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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

• Entries containing “guaire” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “guaire” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

References

• "guaire" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 gúaire”, in Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors, eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, 2019

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Italian

Etymology

guai (“woe!”) +‎ -ire

Verb

guaire

1. (intransitive) To yelp or whine

Conjugation

• Takes avere even though intransitive

    Conjugation of guaire

infinitive	guaire
auxiliary verb		avere	gerund		guaendo
present participle		guaente	past participle		guaito
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	guaisco	guaisci	guaisce	guaiamo	guaite	guaiscono
imperfect	guaivo	guaivi	guaiva	guaivamo	guaivate	guaivano
past historic	guaii	guaisti	guaì	guaimmo	guaiste	guairono
future	guairò	guairai	guairà	guairemo	guairete	guairanno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	guairei	guairesti	guairebbe	guairemmo	guaireste	guairebbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	guaisca	guaisca	guaisca	guaiamo	guaiate	guaiscano
imperfect	guaissi	guaissi	guaisse	guaissimo	guaiste	guaissero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		guaisci, non guaire	guaisca	guaiamo	guaite	guaiscano

Related terms

• guaito

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Old French

Adverb

guaire

1. Alternative form of gaire