-gaire

See also: gaire, gairė, gàire, and gáire

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *-garyom, formed with the suffix *-om and the stem *gary-. This formation is also found in Gaulish, in adgarion from the Chamalières inscription.

Suffix

-gaire

1. forms verbal nouns of derivatives of gairid (“to call”)

   ‎ar- + ‎-gaire → ‎airgaire (“prohibition”, verbal noun of ar·gair (“to prohibit, forbid”))

   ‎frith- (“against”) + ‎-gaire → ‎frecrae (“answer”, verbal noun of fris·gair (“to answer”))

Usage notes

Syncopates to -cr(a)e when warranted. All derivatives of with this suffix are neuter io-stems.

Derived terms

Old Irish terms suffixed with -gaire

• airfócrae
• airgaire
• fócrae
• imfrecrae
• tacrae