geairid

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɟaɾʲədʲ/

Adjective

geairid (genitive singular masculine geairid, genitive singular feminine geairide, plural geairide, comparative geairide)

1. Munster form of gairid

Declension

Declension of geairid

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	geairid	gheairid	geairide; gheairide²
Vocative	gheairid		geairide
Genitive		geairide	geairide	geairid
Dative	geairid; gheairid¹	gheairid	geairide; gheairide²
Comparative	níos geairide
Superlative	is geairide

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
geairid	gheairid	ngeairid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 75