geayr

Manx

Alternative forms

• gear, geyre

Etymology

From Middle Irish gér, from Old Irish gér. Cognate with Irish géar, Scottish Gaelic geur.

Adjective

geayr

1. sharp, keen
2. sour, acid

Mutation

Mutation of geayr

radical	lenition	eclipsis
geayr	gheayr	ngeayr

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

Further reading

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