geimhreadh

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish gemred, from Old Irish gaimred,[2] from a suffixed form of Proto-Celtic *gyemos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰyem-.

Pronunciation

Noun

geimhreadh m (genitive singular geimhridh, nominative plural geimhrí)

  1. winter

Declension

Declension of geimhreadh (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative geimhreadh geimhrí
vocative a gheimhridh a gheimhrí
genitive geimhridh geimhrí
dative geimhreadh geimhrí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an geimhreadh na geimhrí
genitive an gheimhridh na ngeimhrí
dative leis an ngeimhreadh
don gheimhreadh 		leis na geimhrí

See also

Seasons in Irish · séasúir (layout · text) · category
earrach (“spring”) samhradh (“summer”) fómhar (“autumn”) geimhreadh (“winter”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of geimhreadh
radical lenition eclipsis
geimhreadh gheimhreadh ngeimhreadh

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

References

References
  1. ^ “geimhreadh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gemred, gaimred”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 106, page 22
  4. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 47, page 25
  5. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 57, page 14; reprinted 1988
  6. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 134
  7. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 527, page 97
  8. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 138, page 29
  9. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 78, page 20
  10. ^ Stockman, Gerard (1974) The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 2), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, section 1354, page 312
  11. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 431, page 139
  12. ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish]‎ (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 35, page 17

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