gagar

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse gagarr, from an imitative North Germanic root *gag (“to howl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɣər/, [ˈɡaɣar]

Noun

gagar m

1. beagle, hunting dog

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	gagar	gagarL	gagairL
Vocative	gagair	gagarL	gagruH
Accusative	gagarN	gagarL	gagruH
Genitive	gagairL	gagar	gagarN
Dative	gagarL	gagaraib	gagaraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: gadar
  • Irish: gadhar
  • Scottish Gaelic: gadhar

Mutation

Mutation of gagar

radical	lenition	nasalization
gagar	gagar pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngagar

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

Further reading

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