geimhreadh

Irish

Alternative forms

geamhradh, geibhre (obsolete)
geimhre (superseded)^[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish gemred, from Old Irish gaimred,^[2] from a suffixed form of Proto-Celtic *gyemos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰyem-.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): (Waterford) /ˈɟaiɾʲə/^[3]; (Kerry, Cork) /ˈɟiːɾʲə/^[4]^[5]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): (Galway) /ˈɟiːvʲɾʲə/^[6]^[7]; (Mayo) /ˈɟivʲɾʲuː/^[8], /ˈɟĩvʲɾʲuː/^[9], /ˈɟɛvʲɾʲu/^[10]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟɛvʲɾʲuː/^[11], /ˈɟɨ̃vʲɾʲu/^[12]

Noun

geimhreadh m (genitive singular geimhridh, nominative plural geimhrí)

winter

Declension

Declension of geimhreadh (first declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	geimhreadh	geimhrí
vocative	a gheimhridh	a gheimhrí
genitive	geimhridh	geimhrí
dative	geimhreadh	geimhrí

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an geimhreadh	na geimhrí
genitive	an gheimhridh	na ngeimhrí
dative	leis an ngeimhreadh don gheimhreadh	leis na geimhrí

Alternative plural: geimhríocha (Cois Fharraige)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *geimhreadh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
geimhreadh	gheimhreadh	ngeimhreadh

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

References

^ “geimhreadh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gemred, gaimred”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 106, page 22
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 47, page 25
^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 57, page 14; reprinted 1988
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 134
^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 527, page 97
^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 138, page 29
^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 78, page 20
^ Stockman, Gerard (1974) The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 2), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, section 1354, page 312
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 431, page 139
^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish]‎^[1] (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 35, page 17