gairid
Irish
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) | |||
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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 | ||
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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/
Inflection
Simple, class B II present, t preterite, é future, a subjunctive
1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
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Present indicative | Abs. | gairu | |||||||
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Imperfect indicative | |||||||||
Preterite | Abs. | ||||||||
Conj. | ·gart | ||||||||
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Perfect | Deut. | ro·gart | |||||||
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Future | Abs. | ||||||||
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Present subjunctive | Abs. | ||||||||
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Verbal of necessity |
Derived terms
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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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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