gairid
Irish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡaɾʲədʲ/
Adjective
gairid (genitive singular masculine gairid, genitive singular feminine gairide, plural gairide, comparative gairide)
- short (having a small distance between ends or edges; having little duration)
Declension
Declension of gairid
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gairid | ghairid | gairide; ghairide² | |
| Vocative | ghairid | gairide | ||
| Genitive | gairide | gairide | gairid | |
| Dative | gairid; ghairid¹ |
ghairid | gairide; ghairide² | |
| Comparative | níos gairide | |||
| Superlative | is gairide | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gairid | ghairid | ngairid |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *garyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-; cognate with Latin garriō (“chatter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡarʲiðʲ/
Verb
gairid
Inflection
Simple, class B II present, t preterite, é future, a subjunctive
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Derived terms
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| gairid | gairid pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
ngairid |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “gairid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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