guaire
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish gúaire (“hair (of animals), bristles; a bristle”).
Noun
guaire m (genitive singular guaire, nominative plural guairí)
Declension
Declension of guaire
Derived terms
Etymology 2
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Noun
guaire m (genitive singular guaire, nominative plural guairí)
Declension
Declension of guaire
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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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
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “guaire”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “guaire”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “guaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gúaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Italian
Verb
guaire
- (intransitive) To yelp or whine
Conjugation
- Takes avere even though intransitive
Related terms
Old French
Adverb
guaire
- Alternative form of gaire