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geire

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See also: gèire and géire

English

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Etymology

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Probably from a shortening of gerfalcon, or garefowl. Cognate with German Geier (vulture).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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geire (plural geires)

  1. A vulture.

Anagrams

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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geire

  1. genitive singular of geir

Mutation

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Mutated forms of geire
radical lenition eclipsis
geire gheire ngeire

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