gàir

See also: gair, Gair, and gáir

Mandarin

Romanization

gàir (gair4, Zhuyin ㄍㄞˋㄦ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蓋兒 / 盖儿

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gáirid, from Old Irish gáir, from Proto-Celtic *gāris (compare Middle Welsh gawr, Gaulish personal name Garo-marus), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaːɾʲ/

Verb

gàir (past ghàir, future gàiridh, verbal noun gàireachdainn, past participle gàirte)

  1. to laugh

Mutation

Mutation of gàir
radical lenition
gàir ghàir

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

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