géar
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish gér, from Old Irish gér (compare Scottish Gaelic geur, Manx gear, geayr, geyre).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
géar (genitive singular masculine géir, genitive singular feminine géire, plural géara, comparative géire)
- sharp (with fine edge or point; painful to touch; of thin features)
- Synonym: (literary) aichear
- angular, steep, abrupt
- keen, biting; severe, painful; brilliant, intense; piercing, shrill; cutting, sarcastic
- acid, sour, pungent; keen, hungry
- keen, intent; intellectually acute (of senses, mind)
- brisk, quick; keenly contested; close; trying
- artful, tricky; petty, mean
- (music) sharp
Declension[edit]
Declension of géar
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | 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[edit]
- barrghéar (“sharp-pointed”)
- géaraigh (“to sharpen”)
- géarleanúint (“persecution”)
- géartheangach (“sharp-tongued”)
- taos géar (“sourdough”)
Noun[edit]
géar m (genitive singular géir, nominative plural géara)
- sharp object
- (music) sharp
Declension[edit]
Declension of géar
Derived terms[edit]
- géar dúbailte (“double sharp”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
géar | ghéar | ngéar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “géar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “géar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “géar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 35