Noun: geir
Gender: Fem
Forms without Article
| Singular Nominative | geir |
| Singular Genitive | geire |
| Plural Nominative | geireacha |
| Plural Genitive | geireacha |
Forms with Article
| Singular Nominative | an gheir |
| Singular Genitive | na geire |
| Plural Nominative | na geireacha |
| Plural Genitive | na ngeireacha |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like geir
aibíd,
arraing,
athghairm,
atitim,
baclainn,
boilg,
codaisíl,
coindris,
coirm,
comhghairm,
conairt,
cáim,
cúlchistin,
dairt,
doirb,
feirdhris,
fóisc,
gailbh,
geir,
guais, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle Irish geir, from Old Irish geir, from Proto-Celtic *gʷerets (whence Welsh gwêr), of uncertain origin; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“heat”) or *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”).
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