Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish gerrcach, from the root of gearr (short).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gearrcach m (genitive singular gearrcaigh, nominative plural gearrcaigh)

  1. nestling, fledgling (young bird)
  2. (figurative) infant
    Synonyms: naíonán, leanbh

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gearrcach ghearrcach ngearrcach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ gearrcach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gerrcach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 98, page 55

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