gairid

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish garait (“short”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

gairid (genitive singular masculine gairid, genitive singular feminine gairide, plural gairide, comparative gairide)

  1. short (having a small distance between ends or edges; having little duration)

Declension

Declension of gairid
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative gairid ghairid gairide;
ghairide2
vocative ghairid gairide
genitive gairide gairide gairid
dative gairid;
ghairid1 		ghairid gairide;
ghairide2
Comparative níos gairide
Superlative is gairide

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gairid
radical lenition eclipsis
gairid ghairid ngairid

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 146, page 75
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 122
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 104, page 41

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *garyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-; cognate with Latin garriō (“chatter”).

Pronunciation

Verb

gairid (conjunct ·gair, verbal noun gairm)

  1. to call
    Synonym: do·gair
    • c. 750-800 Torche na nDessi from Laud 610, published in "The Expulsion of the Déssi", Ériu 3 (1907), edited by Kuno Meyer, pp. 135-142, line 171
      "Gairthir [Congraid, Rawl.] damsa tra," ar Lugith, "bar n-drúidi .i. Droch ⁊ Cecht." Con·gairter dó.
      "Call to me, then," Lugaid said, "all your druids, including Droch and Cecht." They were called to him.
    • c. 775, “Táin Bó Fraích”, in Book of Leinster; republished as Ernst Windisch, editor, Táin bó Fraích, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1974, line 262:
      "Gairid damsa Findabair!", ol sé. Do·tháet Findabair cucai, ⁊ coíca ingen impe.
      "Call Findabair over to me!" said. Findabair came to , with fifty maidens around her.

Inflection

Simple, class B II present, t preterite, é future, a subjunctive
1st sg. 2nd sg. 3rd sg. 1st pl. 2nd pl. 3rd pl. Passive sg. Passive pl.
Present indicative Abs. gairiu, gairim gairi gairid gairmi gairthe gairit
Conj. ·gairiu, gairim ·gairi ·gair ·gairem ·gairid ·gairet
Rel.
Imperfect indicative
Preterite Abs.
Conj.
Rel.
Perfect Deut.
Prot.
Future Abs.
Conj.
Rel.
Conditional
Present subjunctive Abs.
Conj.
Rel.
Past subjunctive
Imperative gairid gairthir
Verbal noun gairm
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: gairid

Mutation

Mutation of gairid
radical lenition nasalization
gairid gairid
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ 		ngairid

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

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