gagar

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse gagarr, from an imitative North Germanic root *gag (“to howl”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɣər/, [ˈɡaɣar]

Noun

gagar m

  1. beagle, hunting dog

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative gagar gagarL gagairL
vocative gagair gagarL gagruH
accusative gagarN gagarL gagruH
genitive gagairL gagar gagarN
dative gagarL gagaraib gagaraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: gadar
    • Irish: gadhar
    • Scottish Gaelic: gadhar

Mutation

Mutation of gagar
radical lenition nasalization
gagar gagar
pronounced with /ɣ-/		 ngagar

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

References

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “gagar”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page gadhar

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