gair
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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”).
Verb edit
gair (present analytic gaireann, future analytic gairfidh, verbal noun gairm, past participle gairthe)
Conjugation edit
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
- aisghair (“abrogate; repeal”, transitive verb)
- gair ar (“call upon, summon, invoke”)
- gair de (“name, proclaim, inaugurate”)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
gair
Noun edit
gair m
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gair | ghair | ngair |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “3 gairid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Manx edit
Adjective edit
gair
- Eclipsed form of cair.
Noun edit
gair f
- Eclipsed form of cair.
Mutation edit
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cair | chair | gair |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Scots edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Compare to English gore (third sense).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gair (plural gairs)
- (archaic) a strip of grass on a hillside, especially bright green and fertile grass
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
gair m (plural geiriau or geirau)
- word
- gair am air ― word for word
Derived terms edit
Compounds edit
- adleisair (“onomatopoeia, echoic word”)
- ansoddair (“adjective”)
- benthycair (“loanword”)
- cyfansoddair (“compound”)
- cymysgair (“blend, hybrid”)
- cysylltair (“conjunction”)
- ebychair (“interjection”)
- estronair (“foreign word”)
- gogwyddair (“enclitic”)
- grymusair (“intensive”)
- mwythair (“euphemism”)
- newyddair (“neologism”)
- prifair (“headword”)
- tarddair (“derivative”)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
gair | air | ngair | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- 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