gerraid

Middle Irish

Etymology

From gerr + -aid.

Verb

gerraid

  1. to cut short, to cut off
  2. to mutilate

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
gerraidgerraid
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
ngerraid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • gerraid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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