gair

Irish (Donegal)

/ɡaɾʲ/

verb
Definitions
  • (ambitransitive) call

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Irish gairid inherited from Old Irish gairid inherited from Proto-Celtic *garyeti derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (call, shout, exclamation, voice, cry), *ǵeh₂r- (call, shout, exclamation, voice, cry).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵeh₂r-

Gloss

call, shout, exclamation, voice, cry

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

声

Emoji
☎️ 📞 🤙

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