gerraid

Middle Irish

Etymology

From gerr +‎ -aid.

Verb

gerraid

1. to cut short, to cut off
2. to mutilate

Mutation

Mutation of gerraid

radical	lenition	nasalization
gerraid	gerraid pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngerraid

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), “gerraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language