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

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
geayr	gheayr	ngeayr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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