gairid

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish garait (short).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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Synonyms

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Mutation

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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

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 146, page 75
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 122
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 104, page 41

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: gairid

Mutation

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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

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