géar

See also: gear, Gear, and gèar

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish gér, from Old Irish gér[2] (compare Scottish Gaelic geur, Manx gear, geayr, geyre).

Pronunciation

Adjective

géar (genitive singular masculine géir, genitive singular feminine géire, plural géara, comparative géire)

  1. sharp (with fine edge or point; painful to touch; of thin features)
    Synonym: (literary) aichear
  2. steep, abrupt
  3. keen, biting, severe
  4. piercing, shrill
  5. cutting, sarcastic
  6. acid(ic), sour, pungent
  7. intent, acute (of senses, mind)
  8. brisk (full of liveliness and activity)
  9. close (accurate, careful, precise)
  10. (nominalized, masculine) sharp object
  11. (music, both adjectival and nominalized, masculine) sharp

Declension

Declension of géar
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative géar ghéar géara;
ghéara2
vocative ghéir géara
genitive géire géara géar
dative géar;
ghéar1 		ghéar;
ghéir (archaic) 		géara;
ghéara2
Comparative níos géire
Superlative is géire

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of géar
radical lenition eclipsis
géar ghéar ngéar

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

References

  1. ^ “géar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 94, page 20
  4. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 23, page 30
  5. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 89, line 135; reprinted 1988
  6. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 133
  7. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 125, page 26
  8. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 86, page 35

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