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gearr
gearr
Irish
Adjective
gearr (genitive singular feminine giorra, plural gearra, comparative giorra)
Declension
Declension of gearr
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gearr | ghearr | gearra; ghearra² |
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| Vocative | ghearr | gearra | ||
| Genitive | giorra | gearra | gearr | |
| Dative | gearr; ghearr¹ |
ghearr | gearra; ghearra² |
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| Comparative | níos giorra | |||
| Superlative | is giorra | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
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Derived terms
Terms derived from gearr
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Verb
gearr (present analytic gearrann, future analytic gearrfaidh, verbal noun gearradh, past participle gearrtha)
- cut; shorten, reduce
- (card games) cut
- (dentistry, of teeth) cut (of child); grind
- (of wounding speech) make a cutting remark to someone; backbite; nag
- castrate
- levy, impose, allocate (from fund)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | gearraim | gearrann tú; gearrair† |
gearrann sé, sí | gearraimid | gearrann sibh | gearrann siad; gearraid† |
a ghearrann; a ghearras / a ngearrann*; a ngearras* |
gearrtar |
| past | ghearr mé; ghearras | ghearr tú; ghearrais | ghearr sé, sí | ghearramar; ghearr muid | ghearr sibh; ghearrabhair | ghearr siad; ghearradar | a ghearr / ar ghearr* |
gearradh | |
| past habitual | ghearrainn | ghearrtá | ghearradh sé, sí | ghearraimis; ghearradh muid | ghearradh sibh | ghearraidís; ghearradh siad | a ghearradh / ar ghearradh* |
ghearrtaí | |
| future | gearrfaidh mé; gearrfad |
gearrfaidh tú; gearrfair† |
gearrfaidh sé, sí | gearrfaimid; gearrfaidh muid |
gearrfaidh sibh | gearrfaidh siad; gearrfaid† |
a ghearrfaidh; a ghearrfas / a ngearrfaidh*; a ngearrfas* |
gearrfar | |
| conditional | ghearrfainn | ghearrfá | ghearrfadh sé, sí | ghearrfaimis; ghearrfadh muid | ghearrfadh sibh | ghearrfaidís; ghearrfadh siad | a ghearrfadh / ar ghearrfadh* |
ghearrfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go ngearra mé; go ngearrad† |
go ngearra tú; go ngearrair† |
go ngearra sé, sí | go ngearraimid; go ngearra muid |
go ngearra sibh | go ngearra siad; go ngearraid† |
— | go ngearrtar |
| past | dá ngearrainn | dá ngearrtá | dá ngearradh sé, sí | dá ngearraimis; dá ngearradh muid |
dá ngearradh sibh | dá ngearraidís; dá ngearradh siad |
— | dá ngearrtaí | |
| imperative | gearraim | gearr | gearradh sé, sí | gearraimis | gearraigí; gearraidh† |
gearraidís | — | gearrtar | |
| verbal noun | gearradh | ||||||||
| past participle | gearrtha | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gearr | ghearr | ngearr |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "gearr" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.