gairid

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish garait (short).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɟaɾʲədʲ/[1] (corresponding to the form geairid)
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɡaɾʲədʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡɨ̞ɾʲədʲ/, /ˈɡɛɾʲədʲ/[2] (corresponding to the form goirid)

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.

References

  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 146, page 75
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 104, page 41

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *garyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-; cognate with Latin garriō (chatter).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡarʲiðʲ/

Verb

gairid (conjunct ·gair, verbal noun gairm)

  1. to call
    Synonym: do·gair
    • c. 750-800 Torche na nDessi from Laud 610, published in "The Expulsion of the Déssi", Ériu 3 (1907), edited by Kuno Meyer, pp. 135-142, line 171
      "Gairthir [Congraid, Rawl.] damsa tra," ar Lugith, "bar n-drúidi .i. Droch ⁊ Cecht." Con·gairter dó.
      "Call to me, then," Lugaid said, "all your druids, including Droch and Cecht." They were called to him.
    • c. 775, “Táin Bó Fraích”, in Book of Leinster; republished as Ernst Windisch, editor, Táin bó Fraích, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1974, line 262:
      "Gairid damsa Findabair!", ol sé. Do·tháet Findabair cucai, ⁊ coíca ingen impe.
      "Call Findabair over to me!" [Ailill] said. Findabair came to [Ailill], with fifty maidens around her.

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: gairid

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

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