geimhreadh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gemred, from a suffixed form of Proto-Celtic *gyemos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰyem-.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟiːɾʲə/
(Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈɟiːvʲɾʲə/
(Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈɟɛvʲɾʲuː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟɛvʲɾʲu/

Noun

geimhreadh m (genitive singular geimhridh, nominative plural geimhrí)

winter

Declension

Declension of geimhreadh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	geimhreadh	geimhrí
Vocative	a gheimhridh	a gheimhrí
Genitive	geimhridh	geimhrí
Dative	geimhreadh	geimhrí

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an geimhreadh	na geimhrí
Genitive	an gheimhridh	na ngeimhrí
Dative	leis an ngeimhreadh don gheimhreadh	leis na geimhrí

Alternative plural: geimhríocha (Cois Fharraige)

See also

Seasons in Irish · séasúir (layout · text) · category
earrach (“spring”)	samhradh (“summer”)	fómhar (“autumn”)	geimhreadh (“winter”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
geimhreadh	gheimhreadh	ngeimhreadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “geimhreadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 25

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