-gaire

See also: gaire, gairė, gàire, and gáire

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *-garyom, formed with the suffix *-om and the stem *gary-. This formation is also found in Gaulish, in adgarion from the Chamalières inscription.

Suffix

-gaire

  1. forms verbal nouns of derivatives of gairid (to call)
    ar- + ‎-gaire → ‎airgaire (prohibition, verbal noun of ar·gair (to prohibit, forbid))
    frith- (against) + ‎-gaire → ‎frecrae (answer, verbal noun of fris·gair (to answer))

Usage notes

Syncopates to -cr(a)e when warranted. All derivatives of with this suffix are neuter io-stems.

Derived terms

Old Irish terms suffixed with -gaire
  • airfócrae
  • airgaire
  • fócrae
  • imfrecrae
  • tacrae