From Old Norse geirr, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰays- (“pointed stick, spear”).
geir m (genitive singular geirs, nominative plural geirar)
From Middle Irish geir, from Proto-Celtic *gʷerets (whence Welsh gwêr), of uncertain origin; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“heat”) or *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”).[1]
geir f (genitive singular geire or gearach or geireadh, nominative plural geireacha)
As second-declension noun:
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As fifth-declension velar stem:
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As fifth-declension dental stem (the oldest form):
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| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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| geir | gheir | ngeir |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
From Old Norse geirr, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoysós (“throwing spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (“to drive, move, fling”). Cognates include Irish ga.
geir m (definite singular geiren, indefinite plural geirar, definite plural geirane)
Male given names:
Female given names:
Frankish *jehhjan, from Proto-Germanic *jehaną (“to say, to speak”)
geïr
This verb conjugates as a third-group or second-group verb (ending in -ir, without or with an -iss- infix). This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has a stressed present stem gei distinct from the unstressed stem ge. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | geir | aveir geï | |||||
| gerund | en geant, geïssant | gerund of aveir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | geant, geïssant | ||||||
| past participle | geï | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | gei, geïs | geis, geïs | geit, geïst | geons, geïssons | geïez, geïssez | geient, geïssent |
| imperfect | geeie, geïsseie | geeies, geïsseies | geeit, geïsseit | geïiens, geïens, geïssiiens, geïssiens | geïiez, geïez, geïssiiez, geïssiez | geeient, geïsseient | |
| preterite | geï | geïs | geï | geïmes | geïstes | geïrent | |
| future | geïrai | geïras | geïra | geïrons | geïreiz, geïrez | geïront | |
| conditional | geïreie | geïreies | geïreit | geïriiens, geïriens | geïriiez, geïriez | geïreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of aveir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of aveir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of aveir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of aveir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of aveir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | geie, geïsse | geies, geïsses | geie, geïsse | geïens, geons, geïssons | geïez, geïssez | geient, geïssent |
| imperfect | geïsse | geïsses | geïst | geïssons, geïssiens | geïsseiz, geïssez, geïssiez | geïssent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of aveir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of aveir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | gei, geïs | — | geons, geïssons | geïez, geïssez | — | ||
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