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garr

See also: Garr and ġarr

Cornish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *garrā (compare Gaulish *garra), which is of uncertain origin; possibly sharing a Pre-Greek / substrate origin with Ancient Greek ἄκαρα (ákara, “leg, shank”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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garr f (dual diwar, plural garrow)

  1. (anatomy) leg

Mutation

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Mutation of garr
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
garr arr unchanged karr harr harr

References

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  1. ^ Brown, Raymond (1985): Evidence for pre-Greek speech on Crete from Greek alphabetic sources, p. 296

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish garr (“ordure, offal”).

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Noun

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garr m (genitive singular gairr)

  1. pulp (center of a fruit)
  2. inner substance; matter, essence
  3. ordure
  4. garbage
    Synonym: bruscar

Declension

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Declension of garr (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative garr
vocative a ghairr
genitive gairr
dative garr
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an garr
genitive an ghairr
dative leis an ngarr
don gharr

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of garr
radical lenition eclipsis
garr gharr ngarr

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Maltese

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Root
g-r-r
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic كَرَّ (karra, “make a rattling or gurgling sound”).

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Verb

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garr (imperfect jgorr, verbal noun garr)

  1. to complain, grumble

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of garr
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m garrejt garrejt garr garrejna garrejtu garrew
f garret
imperfect m ngorr tgorr jgorr ngorru tgorru jgorru
f tgorr
imperative gorr gorru

Yola

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Etymology

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Possibly from Middle English garme, from Old English grama.

Not a procope from Middle English anger,[1] compare angerth (“angered”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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garr[2]

  1. anger
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References

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  1. ^ Raymond Hickey (1988) “A lost Middle English dialect”, in Jacek Fisiak, editor, Historical Dialectology: Regional and Social (Trends in linguistics: Studies and monographs; 37), De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 263
  2. ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 41
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