giar

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish gerrad (“cutting, lopping, felling”).

Verb

giar (verbal noun giarrey)

  1. (transitive) cut, cut back, prune, clip, dissect, shear, hack, incise, slit, carve, slash, sever
  2. (transitive, card games) cut (cards)
  3. (transitive, medicine) castrate, lance
  4. (transitive) disconnect
  5. (transitive) cut short, crop (as tail)
  6. (transitive) abbreviate, condense, abridge
    Synonyms: aagherr, girree, jean ny s'girrey
  7. (transitive) intersect
    Synonym: cross

Derived terms

  • aayiar

Mutation

Mutation of giar
radical lenition eclipsis
giar yiar ngiar

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

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