See also: gair, Gair, and gàir

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish gáir, from Proto-Celtic *gāri (compare Middle Welsh gawr, Gaulish personal name Garo-marus), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-. See gair for more.

The verb is from Old Irish gáirid, from the noun.

Noun

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gáir f (genitive singular gáir, nominative plural gártha)

  1. cry, shout
  2. report; fame, notoriety
  3. Alternative form of gáire (laugh)
Declension
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Verb

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gáir (present analytic gáireann, future analytic gáirfidh, verbal noun gáireadh, past participle gáirthe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) shout
  2. (intransitive, chiefly as verbal noun) laugh
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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gáir m

  1. inflection of gár (gaur):
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gáir gháir ngáir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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