See also: gearr and gearr-

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish gerr. Cognates include Irish gearr and Manx giare.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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geàrr (comparative giorra, qualitative noun giorrad)

  1. short
Declension
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Declension of geàrr (type IV adjective)
masculine feminine plural
nominative geàrr gheàrr geàrr
genitive gheàrr geàrr geàrr
dative geàrr gheàrr geàrr
vocative gheàrr gheàrr geàrr
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Middle Irish gerraid. Cognates include Irish gearr and Manx giar.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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geàrr

  1. (transitive) cut
  2. (transitive) castrate
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Etymology 3

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Geàrr.

Ellipsis of geàrr-fhiadh (short deer), from geàrr (short) +‎ fiadh (deer). Compare Irish giorria.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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geàrr f (genitive singular gearra, plural gearran)

  1. hare
Declension
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Declension of geàrr (type IVb feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative geàrr geàrran
genitive geàrra gheàrran
dative geàrra geàrran; geàrraibh
definite
singular plural
nominative (a') gheàrr (na) geàrran
genitive (na) geàrra (nan) geàrran
dative (a') gheàrra (na) geàrran; geàrraibh
vocative gheàrr gheàrran

obsolete form, used until the 19th century

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Etymology 4

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Borrowed from Scots yair.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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geàrr f

  1. (fishing) cruive, weir
Declension
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Declension of geàrr (type IVb feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative geàrr geàrran
genitive geàrra gheàrran
dative geàrra geàrran; geàrraibh
definite
singular plural
nominative (a') gheàrr (na) geàrran
genitive (na) geàrra (nan) geàrran
dative (a') gheàrra (na) geàrran; geàrraibh
vocative gheàrr gheàrran

obsolete form, used until the 19th century

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Mutation

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Mutation of geàrr
radical lenition
geàrr gheàrr

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

References

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  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “geàrr”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
  • Colin Mark (2003) “geàrr”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 328
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