gemred

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• geimred

Etymology

From Old Irish gaimred, from Proto-Celtic *gyemos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰyem-.

Pronunciation

• (earlier) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʲeβ̃ʲrʲəð/
• (later) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʲeβ̃ʲrʲəɣ/

Noun

gemred n

1. winter

Derived terms

• gemreta (“wintry, of winter”)

Descendants

• Irish: geimhreadh
• Scottish Gaelic: geamhradh
• Manx: geurey

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
gemred	gemred pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngemred
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gemred, gaimred”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language