gemred

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• geimred

Etymology

From Old Irish gaimred, from Proto-Celtic *gyemos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰyem-.

Pronunciation

• (earlier) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʲeβ̃ʲrʲəð/
• (later) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʲeβ̃ʲrʲəɣ/

Noun

gemred n

1. winter

Derived terms

• gemreta (“wintry, of winter”)

Descendants

• Irish: geimhreadh
• Scottish Gaelic: geamhradh
• Manx: geurey

Mutation

Mutation of gemred

radical	lenition	nasalization
gemred	gemred pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngemred

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

Further reading

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