gairid

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish garait (“short”).

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɟaɾʲədʲ/[1] (corresponding to the form geairid)
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɡaɾʲədʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡɨ̞ɾʲədʲ/, /ˈɡɛɾʲədʲ/[2] (corresponding to the form goirid)

Adjective

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  1. short (having a small distance between ends or edges; having little duration)

Declension
Declension of gairid
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) ghairid gairide;
ghairide²
Vocative ghairid gairide
Genitive gairide gairide Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Dative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value);
ghairid¹		 ghairid gairide;
ghairide²
Comparative níos gairide
Superlative is gairide

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

Synonyms

Mutation

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References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 75
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 41

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *garyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-; cognate with Latin garriō (“chatter”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡarʲiðʲ/

Verb

gairid (conjunct ·gair, verbal noun gairm)

  1. to call
    Synonym: do·gair
    • c. 750-800 Torche na nDessi from Laud 610, published in "The Expulsion of the Déssi", Ériu 3 (1907), edited by Kuno Meyer, pp. 135-142, line 171
      "Gairthir [Congraid, Rawl.] damsa tra," ar Lugith, "bar n-drúidi .i. Droch ⁊ Cecht." Con·gairter dó.
      "Call to me, then," Lugaid said, "all your druids, including Droch and Cecht." They were called to him.
    • c. 775, “Táin Bó Fraích”, in Book of Leinster; republished as Ernst Windisch, editor, Táin bó Fraích, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1974, line 262:
      "Gairid damsa Findabair!", ol sé. Do·tháet Findabair cucai, ⁊ coíca ingen impe.
      "Call Findabair over to me!" [Ailill] said. Findabair came to [Ailill], with fifty maidens around her.

Inflection

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Derived terms

Descendants
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    • Irish: gair
    • Scottish Gaelic: goir

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/		 ngairid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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