géar

See also: gear, Gear, and gèar

Irish

Alternative forms

geur (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish gér, from Old Irish gér (compare Scottish Gaelic geur, Manx gear, geayr, geyre).

Pronunciation

(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɟeːɾˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɟeːɾˠ/, [ɟɛːɾˠ]

Adjective

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

Declension of géar

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	géar	ghéar	géara; ghéara²
Vocative	ghéir	ghéar	géara
Genitive	ghéir	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

barrghéar (“sharp-pointed”)
géaraigh (“to sharpen”)
géarleanúint (“persecution”)
géartheangach (“sharp-tongued”)
taos géar (“sourdough”)

Noun

géar m (genitive singular géir, nominative plural géara)

sharp object
(music) sharp

Declension

Declension of géar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	géar	ga
Vocative	a ghéir	a ghéara
Genitive	géir	géar
Dative	géar	ga

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an géar	na ga
Genitive	an ghéir	na ngéar
Dative	leis an ngéar don ghéar	leis na ga

Derived terms

géar dúbailte (“double sharp”)

Mutation

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

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

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