See also: Gair, gàir, and gáir

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish gairid, from Old Irish gairid,[1] from Proto-Celtic *garyeti (compare Middle Welsh gardu (groan), geir (word)), from *ǵh₂r-, zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (to shout, call). Cognate with Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus, voice, speech), Khotanese [script needed] (ysār-, to sing), Latin garriō (chatter), Old English caru (sorrow).

Alternative forms

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Verb

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gair (present analytic gaireann, future analytic gairfidh, verbal noun gairm, past participle gairthe)

  1. to call [transitive; or intransitive with ar]
  2. (literary) to invoke
  3. to acclaim
Conjugation
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  • Alternative past participles: gartha
Alternative forms
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Derived terms
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  • aisghair (abrogate; repeal, transitive verb)
  • gair ar (call upon, summon, invoke)
  • gair de (name, proclaim, inaugurate)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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gair

  1. inflection of gar:
    1. masculine vocative/genitive singular
    2. (archaic) feminine dative singular

Noun

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gair m

  1. genitive singular of gar

Mutation

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Mutated forms of gair
radical lenition eclipsis
gair ghair ngair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 gairid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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Manx

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Adjective

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gair

  1. Eclipsed form of cair.

Noun

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gair f

  1. Eclipsed form of cair.

Mutation

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Mutation of cair
radical lenition eclipsis
cair chair gair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compare to English gore (third sense).

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Noun

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gair (plural gairs)

  1. (archaic) a strip of grass on a hillside, especially bright green and fertile grass

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Middle Welsh geir, from Proto-Brythonic *gėr, from Proto-Celtic *garyos (word, speech), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₂r-, zero grade of *ǵeh₂r-.

Cognate with Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus, voice, speech), Khotanese [script needed] (ysār-, to sing), Latin garriō (chatter), Old English ċearu (sorrow).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡai̯r/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ai̯r

Noun

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gair m (plural geiriau or geirau)

  1. word

Derived terms

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Compounds

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of gair
radical soft nasal aspirate
gair air ngair unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gair”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies