gerrig

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish girigh. Borrowed from Middle Low German girich. Cognates include also Swedish girig, Norwegian Bokmål gjerrig and German gierig

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡæɐ̯i]

Adjective

gerrig

  1. stingy, greedy

Inflection

Inflection of gerrig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular gerrig — —2
indefinite neuter singular gerrigt — —2
plural gerrige — —2
definite attributive1 gerrige — —

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɛrɪɡ/

Noun

gerrig

  1. soft mutation of cerrig

Mutation

Mutated forms of cerrig
radical soft nasal aspirate
cerrig gerrig ngherrig cherrig

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

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