gagar

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse gagarr, from an imitative North Germanic root *gag (“to howl”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡaɣər/

Noun

gagar m

  1. beagle, hunting dog

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative gagar gagarL gagairL
Vocative gagair gagarL gagruH
Accusative gagarN gagarL gagruH
Genitive gagairL gagar gagarN
Dative gagarL gagaraib gagaraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants
  • Middle Irish: gadar
    • Irish: gadhar
    • Scottish Gaelic: gadhar

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
gagar gagar
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/		 ngagar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “gagar”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page gadhar
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