gàir

See also: gair, Gair, and gáir

Mandarin

Romanization

gàir (gair⁴, Zhuyin ㄍㄞˋㄦ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蓋兒／盖儿

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gáirid, from Old Irish gáir, from Proto-Celtic *gāris (compare Middle Welsh gawr, Gaulish personal name Garo-marus), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːɾʲ/

Verb

gàir (past ghàir, future gàiridh, verbal noun gàireachdainn, past participle gàirte)

1. to laugh

Mutation

Mutation of gàir

radical	lenition
gàir	ghàir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.