garg

See also: Garg

English

Etymology

Clipping

Pronunciation

Noun

garg (plural gargs)

  1. (informal) A gargoyle.

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kark/
  • Rhymes: -ark

Noun

garg n (genitive singular gargs, no plural)

  1. screech

Declension
declension of garg
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative garg gargið
accusative garg gargið
dative gargi garginu
genitive gargs gargsins

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gargg (“rough”), from Proto-Celtic *gargos.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɾˠəɡ/

Adjective

garg (genitive singular masculine gairg, genitive singular feminine gairge, plural garga, comparative gairge)

  1. rough, harsh, fierce
    Synonym: garbh
  2. bitter, acrid
    Synonyms: géar, searbh
  3. pungent, strong-tasting
    Synonym: borb
  4. gruff, strident (of a voice)
  5. searing (of the sun)

Declension
Declension of garg
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative garg gharg garga;
gharga²
Vocative ghairg garga
Genitive gairge garga garg
Dative garg;
gharg¹		 gharg;
ghairg (archaic)		 garga;
gharga²
Comparative níos gairge
Superlative is gairge

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

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
garg gharg ngarg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “garg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gargg (“rough”), from Proto-Celtic *gargos.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɾak/

Adjective

garg (genitive singular feminine gairge, comparative gairge)

  1. acetous, acrid, acrimonious
  2. angry, bitter
  3. ardent
  4. barbarous, brutal, brutish, cruel, ferocious, fierce, gruff, rabid
  5. harsh, pungent
  6. tart

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
garggharg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “garg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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