gearradh

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Irish

Etymology

gearr +‎ -adh

Pronunciation

Noun

gearradh m (genitive singular gearrtha, nominative plural gearrthacha or gearrthaíocha)

  1. verbal noun of gearr
  2. cutting, cut
  3. keenness, cutting-power
  4. castigation
  5. castration
  6. section
  7. cess, levy; rate
  8. speed

Declension

Declension of gearradh

Irregular

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gearradh gearrthacha
Vocative a ghearradh a ghearrthacha
Genitive gearrtha gearrthacha
Dative gearradh gearrthacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gearradh na gearrthacha
Genitive an ghearrtha na ngearrthacha
Dative leis an ngearradh

don ghearradh

leis na gearrthacha

Derived terms

Verb

gearradh

  1. inflection of gearr:
    1. autonomous past indicative
    2. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gearradh ghearradh ngearradh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 95

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Noun

gearradh m

  1. sarcasm
  2. verbal noun of geàrr: cutting, castration

Declension

Declension of gearradh (type I masculine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative gearradh gearraidhean
Genitive gearraidh ghearraidhean
Dative gearradh gearraidhean; gearraidhibh✝
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (an) gearradh (na) gearraidhean
Genitive (a') ghearraidh (nan) gearraidhean
Dative (a') ghearradh (na) gearraidhean; gearraidhibh✝
Vocative ghearraidh ghearraidhean

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
gearradh ghearradh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Colin Mark (2003) “gearradh”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 329
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