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Mandarin
Romanization
gàir (gair4, Zhuyin ㄍㄞˋㄦ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蓋兒 / 盖儿
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish gáirid, from Old Irish gáir, from Proto-Celtic *gāris (compare Middle Welsh gawr, Gaulish personal name Garo-marus), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-.
Pronunciation
Verb
gàir (past ghàir, future gàiridh, verbal noun gàireachdainn, past participle gàirte)
- to laugh
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.