gerr

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gerr, from Proto-Celtic *gerros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“short”); related to Sanskrit ह्रस्व (hrasva), Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬀𐬵𐬈𐬵𐬍 (zrahehī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʲer͈/

Adjective

gerr

1. short

Synonyms

• berr
• breib
• cummair
• garit

Antonyms

• fota

Derived terms

• gerraid

Descendants

• Irish: gearr
• Manx: giare
• Scottish Gaelic: geàrr

Mutation

Mutation of gerr

radical	lenition	nasalization
gerr	gerr pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngerr

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

References

• Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans: A Reconstruction and Historical Analysis of a Proto-Language and Proto-Culture. Part I: The Text. Part II: Bibliography, Indexes, p. 199

Further reading

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