gearradh

Irish

Etymology

gearr +‎ -adh

Pronunciation

• Noun
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟaɾˠə/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈɟaɾˠə/, /ˈɟɑːɾˠə/
  • (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈɟaɾˠuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟaɾˠu/
• Autonomous past verb form
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟaɾˠəɡ/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈɟaɾˠəvˠ/, /ˈɟɑːɾˠəvˠ/
  • (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈɟaɾˠuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟaɾˠu/
• Third-person singular imperative verb form
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟaɾˠəx/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈɟaɾˠətʲ/, /ˈɟɑːɾˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈɟaɾˠəx/, /ˈɟɑːɾˠəx/
  • (Mayo) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈɟaɾˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈɟaɾˠuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈɟaɾˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈɟaɾˠu/

Noun

gearradh m (genitive singular gearrtha, nominative plural gearrthacha or gearrthaíocha)

1. verbal noun of gearr
2. cutting, cut
3. keenness, cutting-power
4. castigation
5. castration
6. section
7. cess, levy; rate
8. speed

Declension

Declension of gearradh (irregular)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gearradh gearrthacha vocative a ghearradh a ghearrthacha genitive gearrtha gearrthacha dative gearradh gearrthacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gearradh na gearrthacha genitive an ghearrtha na ngearrthacha dative leis an ngearradh don ghearradh leis na gearrthacha

• Alternative plural: gearrthaíocha

Derived terms

• bheith sa ghearradh díobh (“to be discarded, on the shelf”)
• gearradh brád (“torment”)
• gearradh coinsiasa (“twinge of conscience”)
• gearradh díobh (“discards”)
• gearradh dubh (na bliana, na Nollag) (“(short dark days in the) dead of winter”)
• gearradh fiacla (“teething”)
• gearradh gad (“nagging”)
• gearradh gionach (“pangs of hunger”)
• gearradh siúil (“fast rate of walking, of travelling”)
• gearradh toite (“hearth-tax”)
• meánghearradh

Verb

gearradh

1. inflection of gearr:
   1. autonomous past indicative
   2. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Mutated forms of gearradh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gearradh	ghearradh	ngearradh

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲarˠəɣ/

Noun

gearradh m

1. sarcasm
2. verbal noun of geàrr: cutting, castration

Declension

Declension of gearradh (type I masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	gearradh	gearraidhean
genitive	gearraidh	ghearraidhean
dative	gearradh	gearraidhean; gearraidhibh✝
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) gearradh	(na) gearraidhean
genitive	(a') ghearraidh	(nan) gearraidhean
dative	(a') ghearradh	(na) gearraidhean; gearraidhibh✝
vocative	ghearraidh	ghearraidhean

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

• gearra-mhuc
• gearradh-arm
• gearradh-gort

Mutation

Mutation of gearradh

radical	lenition
gearradh	ghearradh

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

References

• Colin Mark (2003) “gearradh”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 329