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gáir

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See also: gair, Gair, and gàir

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish gáir, from Proto-Celtic *gāri (compare Middle Welsh gawr, Gaulish personal name Garo-marus), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-. See gair for more.

The verb is from Old Irish gáirid, from the noun.

Noun

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gáir f (genitive singular gáir, nominative plural gártha)

  1. cry, shout
  2. report; fame, notoriety
  3. Alternative form of gáire (laugh)
Declension
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Declension of gáir (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative gáir gártha
vocative a gháir a ghártha
genitive gáire gártha
dative gáir gártha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an gháir na gártha
genitive na gáire na ngártha
dative leis an ngáir
don gháir
leis na gártha

Verb

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gáir (present analytic gáireann, future analytic gáirfidh, verbal noun gáireadh, past participle gáirthe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) shout
  2. (intransitive, chiefly as verbal noun) laugh
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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gáir m

  1. inflection of gár (gaur):
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

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Mutated forms of gáir
radical lenition eclipsis
gáir gháir ngáir

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

Further reading

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