guaire

From Old Irish gúaire (“hair (of animals), bristles; a bristle”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend”), similar to gúala (“shoulder”).[1]

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1. bristle
2. Synonym of guaireach (“rough hair, bristles”)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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1. sand barrier (at river mouth), sand-bar

   Synonym: oitir

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• Entries containing “guaire” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “guaire” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “guaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 gúaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From guai (“woe!”) +‎ -ire.

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈi.re/
• Rhymes: -ire
• Hyphenation: gua‧ì‧re

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1. to yelp or whine (of dog) [auxiliary avere]

   Synonyms: ululare, vagire, strillare, urlare, piangere, gridare, stridere, sbraitare

2. (by extension) to lament [auxiliary avere]

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• guaito

• guaire in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• guaire in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• guaire in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• guaire in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• guaire in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• guaire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

guaire

1. Alternative form of gaire