gairid

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish garait.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɾʲədʲ/

Adjective

gairid (genitive singular masculine gairid, genitive singular feminine gairide, plural gairide, comparative gairide)

  1. short (having a small distance between ends or edges; having little duration)

Declension

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

  1. to call
  2. to cry out
  3. to summon
  4. to name

Inflection

Derived terms

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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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