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

Declension of gearradh (irregular)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gearradh gearrthacha
vocative a ghearradh a ghearrthacha
genitive gearrtha gearrthacha
dative gearradh gearrthacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gearradh na gearrthacha
genitive an ghearrtha na ngearrthacha
dative leis an ngearradh
don ghearradh 		leis na gearrthacha

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

Mutated forms of gearradh
radical lenition eclipsis
gearradh ghearradh ngearradh

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

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈɡ̊ʲarˠəɣ/[1]
  • (Skye) IPA(key): /ˈɡ̊ʲærˠəɣ/[2]

Noun

gearradh m

  1. sarcasm
  2. verbal noun of geàrr: cutting, castration

Declension

Declension of gearradh (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative gearradh gearraidhean
genitive gearraidh ghearraidhean
dative gearradh gearraidhean; gearraidhibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) gearradh (na) gearraidhean
genitive (a') ghearraidh (nan) gearraidhean
dative (a') ghearradh (na) gearraidhean; gearraidhibh✝
vocative ghearraidh ghearraidhean

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of gearradh
radical lenition
gearradh ghearradh

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

References

  1. ^ Jenny Ladefoged, Peter Ladefoged, Alice Turk, Kevin Hind (5 February 1996) “Word List for Scottish Gaelic (Great Bernera, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland)”, in The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive‎[1], Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 15

Further reading

  • Colin Mark (2003) “gearradh”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 329
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