gearradh

Irish

Etymology

gearr +‎ -adh

Pronunciation

  • Noun
    • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɟaɾˠə/
    • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈɟaɾˠə/, /ˈɟɑːɾˠə/
    • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈɟaɾˠuː/
    • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɟaɾˠu/[1]
  • Autonomous past verb form
    • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɟaɾˠəɡ/
    • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈɟaɾˠəvˠ/, /ˈɟɑːɾˠəvˠ/
    • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈɟaɾˠuː/
    • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɟaɾˠu/
  • Third-person singular imperative verb form
    • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɟaɾˠəx/
    • (Galway) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈɟaɾˠətʲ/, /ˈɟɑːɾˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈɟaɾˠəx/, /ˈɟɑːɾˠəx/
    • (Mayo) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈɟaɾˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈɟaɾˠuː/
    • (Ulster) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈɟaɾˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈɟaɾˠu/

Noun

gearradh m (genitive singular gearrtha, nominative plural gearrthacha or gearrthaíocha)

  1. verbal noun of gearr
  2. cutting, cut
  3. keenness, cutting-power
  4. castigation
  5. castration
  6. section
  7. cess, levy; rate
  8. speed

Declension

Derived terms

  • 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

gearradh

  1. inflection of gearr:
    1. autonomous past indicative
    2. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 95

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

gearradh m (genitive singular gearraidh, plural gearraidhean)

  1. verbal noun of geàrr
  2. cut
  3. sarcasm

Derived terms

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