gáire

See also: gaire and gàire

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɑːɾʲə]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈɡæːɾʲə]

Noun

gáire m (genitive singular gáire, nominative plural gáirí)

verbal noun of gáir
a laugh

Declension

Declension of gáire

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gáire	gáirí
Vocative	a gháire	a gháirí
Genitive	gáire	gáirí
Dative	gáire	gáirí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an gáire	na gáirí
Genitive	an gháire	na ngáirí
Dative	leis an ngáire don gháire	leis na gáirí

Derived terms

déan gáire (“laugh”, verb)
fáthadh an gháire m, meangadh gáire m (“smile”)
gáire bréige m (“canned laughter”)
miongháire m (“smile; soft chuckle”)

Noun

gáire f

genitive singular of gáir (“cry, shout”)

Verb

gáire

present subjunctive of gáir

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gáire	gháire	ngáire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"gáire" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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