gáire

See also: gaire, -gaire, gairė, and gàire

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

Noun

gáire m (genitive singular gáire, nominative plural gáirí)

  1. verbal noun of gáir
  2. a laugh
Declension
Declension of gáire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gáire gáirí
vocative a gháire a gháirí
genitive gáire gáirí
dative gáire gáirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gáire na gáirí
genitive an gháire na ngáirí
dative leis an ngáire
don gháire 		leis na gáirí
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gáire f

  1. genitive singular of gáir (“cry, shout”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gáire
radical lenition eclipsis
gáire gháire ngáire

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 122
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 145, page 58

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