gairge

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish gairge.[1] By surface analysis, garg +‎ -e.

Alternative forms

Noun

gairge f (genitive singular gairge)

  1. harshness, fierceness
  2. asperity
  3. pungency
Declension
Declension of gairge (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative gairge
vocative a ghairge
genitive gairge
dative gairge
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an ghairge
genitive na gairge
dative leis an ngairge
don ghairge
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

gairge

  1. inflection of garg:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of gairge
radical lenition eclipsis
gairge ghairge ngairge

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 gairge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish gairge.[1] By surface analysis, garg +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

Noun

gairge f

  1. cynicism, ferocity, fierceness

Mutation

Mutation of gairge
radical lenition
gairge ghairge

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 gairge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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