gearradh
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Noun
- Autonomous past verb form
- Third-person singular imperative verb form
Noun[edit]
gearradh m (genitive singular gearrtha, nominative plural gearrthacha or gearrthaíocha)
- verbal noun of gearr
- cutting, cut
- keenness, cutting-power
- castigation
- castration
- section
- cess, levy; rate
- speed
Declension[edit]
Declension of gearradh
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural: gearrthaíocha
Derived terms[edit]
- bheith sa ghearradh díobh (“to be discarded, on the shelf”)
- gearradh brád (“torment”)
- gearradh coinsiasa (“twinge of conscience”)
- gearradh díobh (“discards”)
- gearradh dubh (na bliana, na Nollag) (“(short dark days in the) dead of winter”)
- gearradh fiacla (“teething”)
- gearradh gad (“nagging”)
- gearradh gionach (“pangs of hunger”)
- gearradh siúil (“fast rate of walking, of travelling”)
- gearradh toite (“hearth-tax”)
- meánghearradh
Verb[edit]
gearradh
- inflection of gearr:
- autonomous past indicative
- third-person singular imperative
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gearradh | ghearradh | ngearradh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 95
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Noun[edit]
gearradh m (genitive singular gearraidh, plural gearraidhean)