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Irish
Etymology
gearr + -adh
Pronunciation
- Noun
- Autonomous past verb form
- Third-person singular imperative verb form
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɟaɾˠəx/
- (Galway) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈɟaɾˠətʲ/, /ˈɟɑːɾˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈɟaɾˠəx/, /ˈɟɑːɾˠəx/
- (Mayo) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈɟaɾˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈɟaɾˠuː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈɟaɾˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈɟaɾˠu/
Noun
gearradh m (genitive singular gearrtha, nominative plural gearrthacha or gearrthaíocha)
- verbal noun of gearr
- cutting, cut
- keenness, cutting-power
- castigation
- castration
- section
- cess, levy; rate
- speed
Declension
Derived terms
Verb
gearradh
- inflection of gearr:
- autonomous past indicative
- third-person singular imperative
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| gearradh
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ghearradh
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ngearradh
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Noun
gearradh m
- sarcasm
- verbal noun of geàrr: cutting, castration
Declension
Declension of gearradh (type I masculine noun)
✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Colin Mark (2003) “gearradh”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 329