Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

com- +‎ gairid

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Verb edit

con·gair

  1. to call, to summon
    • c. 875, Comrac Líadaine ocus Cuirithir, published in Liadain and Curithir: an Irish love-story of the ninth century (1902, London: Nutt), edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer, page 16, line 3
      ...conid Líadain con·gairiu cach banscál nád athgniniu.
      ...so Líadain is what I call every woman whom I do not know.
  2. to invite

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